Larry Rivers: A Life in Art, Music, and Film Born: August 17, 1923, The Bronx, United States of America Died: August 14, 2002 Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg) was a multifaceted American artist whose career spanned painting, music, filmmaking, and acting. He is widely recognized as a pivotal figure in the development of Pop Art, bridging the gap between Abstract Expressionism and the burgeoning movement that embr…