Roy Lichtenstein was a pioneer of the Pop Art Movement best known for his oversized comic book-style images. "Roy's style was known around the world. He took things that everyone thought they knew and made something original out of them."" - Kirk Varnedoe, Curator at New York Museum of Modern Art.
IN THE BEGINNING.
Roy Lichtenstein was born on 27 October 1923 in New York City. Lichtenstein was the son of a prosperous realtor. In 1939 he studied under Reginald Marsh art the Arts Students League in New York. In 1940 Lichtenstein studied under Hoyt L. Sherman at the School of Fine Arts at Ohio State University, Columbus. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the army. After this he resumed his studies and obtained a Masters of Fine Art in 1949. In 1951the Carlebach Gallery in New York organised a solo exhibition of his semi-abstract paintings of the old West. Lichtenstein initially experimented with abstraction but said it "didn't have much of a sense of humour."" Shortly after the artist moved to Cleveland where he continued painting while working as an engineering draftsman to support his growing family. Lichtenstein taught at the State University of New York, Oswego from 1957 to 1960. It was by this time that Lichtenstein had begun to include loosely drawn cartoon characters in his increasingly abstract canvases. In 1960 Lichtenstein was appointed Assistant Professor at Douglas College at Rutgers University of New Jersey. He met and had long discussions with Allan Kaprow, and he also met Claes Oldenburg, Jim Dine, Lucas Samaras and George Segal. .
THE BEGINNING OF LICHTENSTEINS COMIC STYLE.
One of Lichtensteins sons provided a challenge when he said to his father I bet you can't paint as good as that' while pointing at a cartoon of Mickey Mouse. Lichtenstein took this picture, which was on a bubble gum wrapper, blew it up into a full scale painting turning commercial art into an object of fine art.
TAKKA TAKKA DATE PAINTED: 1962 MEDIUM: Magma on Canvas PRESENTLOCATION: Cologne Museum, Ludwig SIZE: 173 x 143 cm Roy Lichtensteins comics were predominantly war or romance themed. ... Lichtensteins war images are taken from action comics. ... This is another comic style image by Lichtenstein. ... Lichtensteins battle is fought by "soldiers". ... Lichtenstein often used text in his comic strip images. ...
Pop Art Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein were both important pop exponents during the Pop Art movement. ... Roy Lichtenstein was known for his use of Ben Day dots and his large-scale cartoon paintings like "Wham!" ... Roy Lichtenstein was another artist who is well known during this Pop Art period. ... Lichtenstein just like Warhol wanted to create images like a machine. ... Lichtenstein knew that most peoples experience of art was based on reproductions. ...
Once again Lichtenstein uses limited colours and his Benday dots to mimic printed material. ... The text is one of the most poetic, sugary texts that Lichtenstein has used. Somehow the luscious sense of weightless intoxication an waken a sense of desire in the viewers even though he or she ought to "know better" than to respond to such cliched eroticism.# This links to Lichtensteins quote "I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. ... "# Again Lichtenstein has taken a stereotype to conform to public opinion to make his work accessible and understandable to all....
Artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg popularized Pop Art in America with some of their works. ... The fine artists also took mass culture as their source of inspiration and Roy Lichtenstein even reproduced the effect of the cheap printing of comic books in his paintings, which are made up of an overall pattern of dots. ...
Artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Claes Oldenburg popularized Pop Art in America with some of their works. ... The fine artists also took mass culture as their source of inspiration and Roy Lichtenstein even reproduced the effect of the cheap printing of comic books in his paintings, which are made up of an overall pattern of dots. ...
Two such artists, highly revered for their effect on the Pop Art movement, are Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstien. ... -Andy Warhol (1962) Roy Lichtenstien and his composition "Whaam!... "There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Miro and Picasso which may not be understood by the cartoonist, but it definitely is related- -Roy Lichtenstein (1983) The works of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein not only fitted into the criteria of belonging to Pop Art, but they strongly shaped it into what it was and is. ...
The Godfather of Pop Art Andrew Warhola was born August Sixth, 1928, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Julie and Andrej Warhola, both immigrants from Czechoslovakia. After a quiet childhood spent alternately alone and in art classes, Andrew went to college. He then got a job doing commercial art, largely advertisements for large companies. Over time his name was shortened and Andy Warhol changed the face of modern art. ...
Pop Art Pop art was a movement that wasn't so much a style, as a shared viewpoint about the artist's modern environment. Some believe that pop art came about as a direct reaction against abstract impressionism. But the art is deeper than simply a rebellion; it allows a new perspective on culture...
