Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) born in Port Arthur, Texas, Robert Rauschenberg stood with Jasper Johns as they challenged the status quo of Abstract Expressionism.
Rauschenberg was established for his conceptualist methods, assemblage, printmaking, and ability to work with non-artistic materials. All of these departures eventually underpinned later movements such as Pop Art, Conceptualism, and Minimalism.