Jasper Johns

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Jasper Johns

American painter

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Born:: May 15, 1930, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. (age 94)

Awards And Honors:: Presidential Medal of Freedom (2011); Praemium Imperiale (1993)

Notable Works:: “Diver”; “Flag (1954-55)”; “Painted Bronze (Ale Cans)”

Movement / Style:: Abstract Expressionism; Pop art; ready-made

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Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930, Augusta, Georgia, U.S.) is an American painter and graphic artist who is generally associated with the Pop art movement. Johns studied briefly (1947–48) at the University of South Carolina at Columbia and then moved to New York City to pursue a career as an artist. In 1954 he became friends with Robert Rauschenberg, and that year he began his series of paintings of American flags. His first one-man show, held at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City in 1958, was a resounding success. The paintings Johns went on to produce depict commonplace ...(100 of 457 words)

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