1970
Although he insisted that he and his fellow Pop artists developed their art-making styles independently, American painter James Rosenquist belonged at the table with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Known for his distinctive use of visual montage, Rosenquist produced large, vibrantly colored tableaux marked by fragmentation and overlap. He often employed familiar motifs and objects drawn from popular contemporary culture — hot dogs, lipstick tubes, American flags — which he manipulated to form disorienting compositions whose constituent elements are nearly unrecognizable.
Born in North Dakota to Swedish parents, Rosenquist was encouraged to pursue painting by his mother, who was also an artist. He studied painting for two years at the University of Minnesota, but dropped out at the age of 21 to attend the Art Students League in New York on a scholarship. A job as a billboard painter in the late 1950s set him up to pursue his signature style, which borrowed its bold graphics and remixed kitschy aesthetic from the visual vocabulary of advertising. Works like Flamingo Capsule (1983) embody his trademark visual dissonance, drawing cigarette-ad motifs into conversation with stripes from the American flag and aluminum foil wrappers.
In addition to enormous paintings, Rosenquist created drawings, prints and collages. The 2011 lithograph The Memory Continues but the Clock Disappears is a montage of melting clocks and confetti, all submerged in a pool of water. While wryly hinting at the inevitability of decay and deterioration — suggesting that life is a ticking clock — the composition also alludes to Salvador Dalí's signature motif, the defining symbol of Surrealism. Such compositions demonstrate how Rosenquist masterfully combined seemingly incongruous elements into a harmonious and poetic whole.
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James Rosenquist 'Space Dust' 1990- Signed Pop Art Vintage
By James Rosenquist
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original poster advertising the "Welcome to the Water Planet" exhibit, showcased at the prestigious Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1990. This iconic piece was meticulously print...
Offset
1982 After James Rosenquist 'While the Earth Revolved at Night' Pop Art Vintage
By James Rosenquist
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original 1982 exhibition poster by celebrated American Pop artist James Rosenquist, titled While the Earth Revolved at Night. Created to promote Rosenquist’s solo show at ...
Offset
James Rosenquist 'Slush Thrust' 1970- Signed Pop Art Vintage
By James Rosenquist
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original poster, titled Slush Thrust, was created by the renowned artist James Rosenquist for an exhibition held at Galerie Ricke in Köln, Germany. The poster is pencil-signed b...
Offset
Slush Thrust Offset Lithograph Print, Signed, Pop Art, 1970, Unframed
By James Rosenquist
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original poster, titled Slush Thrust, was created by the renowned artist James Rosenquist for an exhibition held at Galerie Ricke in Köln, Germany. The poster is pencil-signed b...
Offset
Short Cuts Vintage Offset Print Poster, 1970 New York Film Festival
By James Rosenquist
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this original vintage poster designed by James Rosenquist for the 8th New York Film Festival, Short Cuts, Rosenquist mimics rolls of film in three vertical strips, rendered in his...
Offset
James Rosenquist 'Four New Clear Women' 1983- Signed Pop Art
By James Rosenquist
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking original exhibition poster by James Rosenquist, titled Four New Clear Women, was created for his solo opening at the Leo Castelli Gallery on October 1st, 1983. A bold v...
Offset
Horizon - Vintage Poster by James Rosenquist - 1970
By James Rosenquist
Located in Roma, IT
Horizon is a vintage poster realized in 1970 by James Rosenquist. Mixed colored offset and lithograph. Hand signed by the artist. The poster was realized in the occasion of the ar...
Lithograph, Offset
Through the Eyes of the Needle to the Anvil (Hand signed by James Rosenquist)
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
James Rosenquist Rosenquist at Leo Castelli (Hand Signed and inscribed by James Rosenquist), 1988 Offset Lithograph Poster (Hand Signed and Dedicated) Frame included: held in original vintage frame under plexiglass A collectors' item when hand signed by the artist as the present work Early historic Leo Castelli exhibition poster published on the occasion of the James Rosenquist exhibition "Through the Eye of the Needle...
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
"Process: An Exhibition and Sale of International Prints"
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
James Rosenquist "Process: An Exhibition and Sale of International Prints" Sponsored by the Women's Committee to the Art Gallery & The London Public Library and Art Museum, London, O...
Offset
Original 1989 exhibition poster by James Rosenquist - Paintings
By James Rosenquist
Located in PARIS, FR
This vibrant original 1989 exhibition poster was created by the iconic American Pop artist James Rosenquist to promote his show “Paintings” at Richard L. Feigen & Co., London. Held from June 27 to July 28, the exhibition presented a dynamic selection of Rosenquist's large-scale, visually arresting works that bridged the gap between fine art and commercial imagery. True to Rosenquist’s signature style, the poster is a dazzling collage of color, form, and abstraction. A lush explosion of oversized, hyperreal flowers...
Paper, Lithograph
Brighter than the Sun, James Rosenquist: colorful abstract pop art rainbow
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
This vibrant red, blue, orange and yellow lithograph is based on the 1961 Rosenquist oil painting Brighter than the Sun (private collection), with fragmented images from advertising,...
Lithograph
Brighter than the Sun, James Rosenquist: colorful abstract pop art rainbow
By James Rosenquist
Located in New York, NY
This vibrant red, blue, orange and yellow lithograph is based on the 1961 Rosenquist oil painting Brighter than the Sun (private collection), with fragmented images from advertising,...
Lithograph
