I have been on the road all week until today and missed the death of Rauschy.

It is without question he was one of the seminal icons of postwar art, and I will miss his poignant vs. whimsical juxtaposed genres he offered the art world.

Perhaps the greatest postwar artist from Texas, and glad I had the chance to meet him and hear him discuss art once.

A great loss.

Sad to hear. Went to high school with one of his nephews and he gave me my first introduction to the artist.

I came to appreciate his work in art history courses in undergrad. He embraced pop culture in his art and was a great example of someone who was not afraid to do different things in life. He started out as a minister and then a pharmacist. Even as an artist, he was experimenting with different methods like printing on different materials and later, collage.

RIP

Een, thanks as always for the input.

One of the many things I loved about Rauschy, was he was one of many in his generation that tried to take art out of the museums and into the apartments of the common man.

Your comment on "different methods" of printing made me think about this.

I was traveling and missed his passing. Thanks for the post.

I always found his sculptural work to be more interesting than his two dimensional work. Very thought provoking. To me, he was one of the most important American artists that I can think of who make art post WW2. Glad he lived such a long and successful life.