Roy Lichtenstein

I have admired and observed the works of Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), a contemporary pop artist for a while now and with each print the man is able to make me smile more. Although he is lesser known than his more famous pop-culture counterpart, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein uses satire wisely to produce his more humorous matter. His works are similar to a comic book style of pop art and often mock the old American 50’s culture as shown below: 

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It is no shocker that Lichtenstein was born in the hub of artistic excellence- New York. His art-work first started as just a hobby but after he graduated he turned to the Arts Student League of New York where he learnt and worked under Reginald Marsh, an artist famous for his depictions of New York.

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Though his rise to fame remained his artwork that infused comic book art with life, he also has done installations using materials like metal and plastic. His signature styles use a heavy dosage of a lot of writing or lettering as they call it, speech balloons with entertaining and situationally appropriate thoughts and sprinkles of Ben-Day dots (as below):

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Unfortunately the works of Roy Lichtenstein are not available on view in New Delhi as yet. His print reproductions can be bought at art.com as well as amazon.com both of which deliver to India !

Cool Fact: His painting named “Torpedo...Los!” sold at renowned auction house Christie's for $5.5 million in 1989, a record sum at the time, making him one of only three living artists to have attracted such huge sums.

To View his current and upcoming exhibits, click on the link below:

http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/frames.htm