Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol’s common interest in displaying everyday objects of everyday life made these guys influential artists. Many critics will say Andy Warhol is the most influential artist in the 20th century. Receiving the credit for “Pop Art”, Warhol did help change the influencing ideas of Abstract Expressionism during this era in art. Rauschenberg, an American painter, sculptor, photographer, performing artist, and a bridge between Abstract Expressionism did become an iconic figure for his representational art in America.

These two artists had a focus on screen-print paintings during the 1960s, and became successful at this form of art. In contrast, according to Livingston (2015), he remained interested in textural effects