Robert Mapplethorpe

Photographer, Visual Artist

1946 – 1989

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Who was Robert Mapplethorpe?

Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his sometimes controversial large-scale, highly stylized black and white photography. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, and still-life images of flowers. His most controversial work is that of the underground bondage and sadomasochistic BDSM scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s of New York. The homoeroticism of this work fuelled a national debate over the public funding of controversial artwork.

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Born
Nov 4, 1946
Floral Park
Also known as
  • 羅伯特·梅普勒索普
  • 黑暗王子
  • 羅伯特·梅
  • 羅柏·梅普索普
Parents
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Pratt Institute
Lived in
  • Floral Park
  • Queens
Died
Mar 9, 1989
Boston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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