Robert Rauschenberg, art's eclectic master, dies at 82

The Boston Globe | May 14, 2008| | Copyright

Robert Rauschenberg, who as one of the foremost American artists of the 20th century helped break down aesthetic barriers between the exalted and the everyday, died Monday at his home on Captiva Island, Fla. He was 82.

According to his New York gallery, PaceWildenstein, the cause of death was heart failure.

Mr. Rauschenberg's restless, playful, highly assimilative style helped pave the way for Pop, conceptual, and Minimalist art.

The art critic Robert Hughes once described Mr. Rauschenberg as "a protean genius who showed America that all of life could be open to art." Hughes added that Mr. ...

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