11/29/1933 - 3/31/2017
2017 Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist, an artist most frequently associated with the pop art movement, died Friday, Mar. 31, 2017 at his home in New York City after a long illness, according to multiple news sources. He was 83.
Rosenquist was a pioneer of the style that came to be known as pop art during the 1960s. Along with other famous artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, his subjects were everyday objects and images from advertising and the media.
His most famous piece, “F-111” (1965), is an...