Robert Indiana Biography

Born as	Robert Clark
Occup.	Artist
From	USA
Born	September 13, 1928 New Castle, Indiana, U.S.
Died	May 19, 2018 Vinalhaven, Maine, USA
Cause	respiratory failure
Aged	89 years

Robert Indiana was an American artist best understood for his legendary "LOVE" sculpture, which came to be a symbol of the 1960s counterculture movement. He was born on September 13, 1928, in New Castle, Indiana, and invested his youth living with his adoptive moms and dads in Indianapolis.

Indiana went to the Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, where he found his love for art. After secondary school, he briefly attended the Herron School of Art, yet left after one term to join the Air Force.

Following his military solution, Indiana enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied under notable artist, Ray Yoshida. It was throughout this moment that he changed his surname to "Indiana", recognizing his home state.

In the late 1950s, Indiana moved to New York City, where he entered into the emerging Pop art scene. He ended up being good friends with popular artists such as Andy Warhol and also Jasper Johns, both of whom would certainly influence his work.

Indiana's most renowned work, the "LOVE" sculpture, was created in 1964 for a Christmas card style appointed by the Museum of Modern Art. The style was so popular that Indiana created a large sculpture variation, which was set up in New York City in 1970. Throughout the years, the "LOVE" sculpture has been replicated in different kinds as well as has come to be an icon of hope and also love worldwide.

Indiana remained to develop art till his fatality in May 2018 at the age of 89. His job has actually been featured in numerous exhibitions as well as galleries all over the world, consisting of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. He remains a beloved figure in the art world and also a crucial voice in American art background.

Our collection contains 7 quotes who is written / told by Robert, under the main topic Art.

Related authors: Andy Warhol (Artist), Jasper Johns (Artist)

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7 Famous quotes by Robert Indiana

"Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees"

"I never had the exposure to techniques and so forth that children have today with art workshops, but I always had crayons and pencils and still have work going right back to when I was five or six years old"

"I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists"

"I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza"

"I've always been fascinated by numbers. Before I was seventeen years old, I had lived in twenty-one different houses. In my mind, each of those houses had a number"

"Many, many of my paintings have come from the first chapter of Moby Dick"

"I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many"