Roy Lichtenstein | XXe | Roy Lichtenstein (275 works)

Roy Lichtenstein (Roy Fox Lichtenstein; October 27, 1923, Manhattan - September 29, 1997, Manhattan) - American artist, representative of pop art. Lichtenstein's first success came from his work on comics and magazine graphics. The artist chose the picture he liked, manually enlarged it, redrawing the raster, and executed it in a large format using screen printing and silk-screen printing. In the image itself, the features of irony and sarcasm intensified.

Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York into a middle class family. He studied at a public school until he was 12 years old, and then entered Manhattan's Franklin School for boys, where he completed his secondary education. Art was not included in the school curriculum; Liechtenstein was the first to become interested in art and design as a hobby.

After graduating from high school, Lichtenstein left New York for Ohio to attend a local university that offered art courses and a degree in fine arts. His education was interrupted for three years while he served in the Army during World War II and its aftermath from 1943 and 1946. Lichtenstein became a graduate of Ohio University and remained there in a teaching position for the next ten years. In 1949, Lichtenstein received a Master of Fine Art from Ohio State University, and that same year he married Isabelle Wilson, whom he subsequently divorced in 1965. In 1951, Lichtenstein had his first solo gallery exhibition. "Carlebach" in New York.

That same year he moved to Cleveland, where he lived for the next six years, returning occasionally to New York. He changed jobs while he was not painting, for example, in certain periods he was an assistant decorator. The style of his work at this time changed from cubism to expressionism

In 1954, his first son, David, was born. Then in 1956 a second son, Mitchell, appeared. In 1957, he moved back to New York and began teaching again.

In 1960, he began teaching at Rutgers University, where he came under the significant influence of Allan Kaprov. This contributed to his increased interest in proto-pop art images. In 1961, Lichtenstein made his first works in the pop art style, using images from comic books or cartoons and technology that came from industrial printing.

Lichtenstein's first success came from his work on comics and magazine graphics. The artist chose the picture he liked, manually enlarged it, redrawing the raster, and executed it in a large format using screen printing and silk-screen printing. In the image itself, the features of irony and sarcasm intensified.