Larry Rivers

Larry Rivers (1923-August 14 2002) was a Jewish American musician, artist and actor.

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1923 - August 14 - 2002

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He was born in the Bronx, New York as Larry Grossberg, and changed his name to Larry Rivers in 1940. From 1940-45 he worked as a jazz saxophonist in New York City, and he studied at the Juilliard School of Music in 1945-46.

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Bronx - Juilliard School of Music

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Rivers took up painting in 1945 and studied at the Hans Hofmann School in 1947-48, and then at New York University. He was a pop artist of the New York School, reproducing everyday objects of American popular culture as art.

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Hans Hofmann School - New York University - Pop art - New York School

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He appeared in the 1958 short film, Pull My Daisy and the 1983 film Lovesick.

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1958 - Pull My Daisy - 1983 - Lovesick

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He was friends with the poet and curator Frank O'Hara with whom he collaborated on an article titled How To Make a Painting for the Evergreen Review.

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Frank O'Hara - Evergreen Review

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Rivers married Augusta Berger in 1945, and they had two sons. After a divorce, he married Clarice Price in 1961, but they separated in 1967.

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