Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was born in Manhattan on the 27th of October 1923. Well known for his paintings depicting comic book imagery, Lichtenstein epitomizes the Pop Art movement. He uses popular imagery with much humor and the texts are parodies of the genre. His unique technique uses exaggerated Ben-Day dots, a printing method used in comic books that superposes dots of solid color to create secondary colors. Although he describes his work as industrial painting as opposed to American painting, his work is nonetheless influenced by American culture and advertising.
Roy Lichtenstein was born in Manhattan on the 27th of October 1923. Well known for his paintings depicting comic book imagery, Lichtenstein epitomizes the Pop Art movement. He uses popular imagery with much humor and the texts are parodies of the genre. His unique technique uses exaggerated Ben-Day dots, a printing method used in comic books that superposes dots of solid color to create secondary colors. Although he describes his work as industrial painting as opposed to American painting, his work is nonetheless influenced by American culture and advertising.
His first solo show is held in 1951 at the Carlebach gallery in New York. Later, in the 60’s, his work is shown along side other artists such as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and James Rosenquist at the Leo Castelli Gallery.
Liechtenstein receives a Masters in Visual Arts from Ohio State University in 1949 as well as a teaching position at the same school. He remains in Ohio for 6 years before moving back to New York to pursue his own work.
The artist passed away on the 29th of September 1997 in Manhattan.
1992 | 48 x 36cm | Aquatint and eau-forte | Paris.
