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Birth
1926 (Detroit, Michigan)
Death
2011 (Tucson, Arizona)
Lived/Active
New York/Arizona / France
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animation, kinetic sculpture, drawing
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist.
Robert Breer, Pioneer of Avant-Garde Animation, Dies at 84
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Robert Breer, an animator whose use of novel techniques to set lines and forms scrambling across the screen opened up a new language for film, died on Aug. 11 at his home in Tucson. He was 84.
His death was confirmed by his wife, Kate Flax.
Mr. Breer, a painter by training, turned to animation after making flip books and stop-a (showing 500 of 9848 characters). |
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