Grossberg, Yitzroch Loiza
- Grossberg, Yitzroch Loiza
(8/17/1923 Bronx-8/14/2002) (USA); aka Rivers, Larry
Painter, printmaker, poet, musician, comix, and sculptor. Studied with Hans Hoffman in 19471948. Began his career as a jazz saxophonist, but then turned to art. A leading figure in the Pop Art movement. Best known for his emphasis on the human figure.
Reproductions: Frank, nude; oil; Kronhuasen, 1970c: p. 139 . Japanese erotic art; 1974; pencil; Smith, 1980: pp. 48-49 . Lampman loves it; 1966; mixed media; Neret 1993: p. 146 [C] / Smith, 1980: p. 181 [C] / Kronhausen, 1973: p. 43 [B] / Kronhausen, 1968: p. 168 [B]. Movie house; mixed media; Smith, 1974: pp. 180181 [C]. Parts of the body — French vocabulary; oil; Smith, 1974: p. 180 [C].
[b]Source: DoA vol. 26: pp. 430-431; Vollmer IV 1958: p. 78.
Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators.
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Rivers, Larry (Grossberg, Yitzroch Loiza) — (b. 1923) American painter and sculptor. Born in the Bronx, he studied at New York University, and was a figurative artist. In 1951 he began producing sculp tures … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Rivers, Larry — see Grossberg, Yitzroch Loiza … Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators
Rivers, Larry — orig. Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg born Aug. 17, 1923, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Aug. 14, 2002, Southampton, N.Y. U.S. painter associated with Abstract Expressionism and Pop art. He studied at the Juilliard School in New York City and was a… … Universalium
Rivers — biographical name Larry 1923 2002 originally Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg American artist … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rivers — /riv euhrz/, n. 1. Larry (Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg), born 1923, U.S. painter. 2. William Halse /hawls/, 1865 1922, English physiologist and anthropologist. * * * ▪ state, Nigeria state, southern Nigeria, comprising the Niger River delta on… … Universalium
Rivers, Larry — orig. Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg (17 ago. 1923, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.–14 ago. 2002, Southampton, N.Y.). Pintor estadounidense ligado al expresionismo abstracto y al pop art. Estudió en la Juilliard School de la ciudad de Nueva York, y fue… … Enciclopedia Universal
Rivers — [riv′ərz] Larry (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg) 1923 ; U.S. painter … English World dictionary
RIVERS, LARRY — (1924–2002), U.S. painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and musician. Born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg in the Bronx to immigrant parents from the Ukraine, Rivers initially made his reputation as a jazz saxophonist. After a brief stint in the U.S.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
