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Apr 12, 2024 · March 9, 1989, Boston, Mass. (aged 42) Robert Mapplethorpe (born Nov. 4, 1946, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died March 9, 1989, Boston, Mass.) was an American photographer who was noted for austere photographs of flowers, celebrities, and male nudes; among the latter were some that proved controversial because of their explicitly homoerotic and ...
Robert Mapplethorpe. American Photographer. Born: November 4, 1946 - Floral Park, New York. Died: March 9, 1989 - Boston, Massachusetts. Movements and Styles: Modern Photography. , Straight Photography. , Identity Art and Identity Politics. , Queer Art. , Conceptual Art. "I'm looking for perfections in form. I do that with portraits.
Robert Mapplethorpe was born in 1946 in Floral Park, Queens. Of his childhood he said, "I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave." Tulips, 1987.
Robert Mapplethorpe is among the most influential visual artists of the late twentieth century. This major retrospective exhibition reexamines the arc of his photographic work from its humble beginnings in the early 1970s to the culture wars of the 1990s.
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images.
Robert Mapplethorpe. 1946–1989. Wikipedia entry. Getty record. Filters. Has image On view. Randomize. Reset. 19 works. Calla Lily. 1988. Double Jack in the Pulpit. 1988. Ken Moody and Robert Sherman. 1984. Orchid and Leaf in White Vase. 1982. Lisa Lyon. 1980. Self Portrait. 1980. Patti Light - Patti Dark. 1978. Patti Smith. 1978. Self Portrait.
Jan 15, 2021 · Jan 15, 2021. A collection of photographs by Mapplethorpe are now available on Sotheby’s Buy Now. Keith Haring. David Hockney. Ed Ruscha. Iggy Pop. F rom the early 1970s on, Robert Mapplethorpe was the exemplar photographer of New York City’s subculture.
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