Roy Lichtenstein
Printmaking, Visual Artist
1923 – 1997
Who was Roy Lichtenstein?
Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the basic premise of pop art through parody. Favoring the comic strip as his main inspiration, Lichtenstein produced hard-edged, precise compositions that documented while it parodied often in a tongue-in-cheek humorous manner. His work was heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style. He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". His paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City.
Whaam! and Drowning Girl are generally regarded as Lichtenstein's most famous works, with Oh, Jeff...I Love You, Too...But... arguably third. Drowning Girl, Whaam! and Look Mickey are regarded as his most influential works. Woman with Flowered Hat has held the record for highest Lichtenstein auction price since May 15, 2013.
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- Born
- Oct 27, 1923
Manhattan - Also known as
- Roy Fox Lichtenstein
- Estate of Roy Lichtenstein
- Lichtenstein
- Parents
- Spouses
- Isabel Wilson
(1949/06/12 - 1967/03/23) - Dorothy Herzka
(1968/11/01 - 1997/09/29)
- Isabel Wilson
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ohio State University
- Dwight School
- Art Students League of New York
- Parsons The New School for Design
- Employment
- Rutgers University
(1960 - 1964) - State University of New York at Oswego
(1958 - )
- Rutgers University
- Lived in
- Manhattan
- Cleveland
- Died
- Sep 29, 1997
Manhattan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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