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Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) was active/lived in New York.  Roy Lichtenstein is known for Pop imagery cartoon painting.

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From his studio in New York City, Roy Lichtenstein did cartoon inspired paintings that helped launch the Pop Art movement.  He was unique in that he developed a new visual language in an avant-garde style that was disruptive to viewers and yet was accessible and popular with them.  He also did innovative art work that incorporated many late 20th-century movements and addressed a number of social issues.

His thirty-five year career of public recognition was celebrated in 1993-94 by curators of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York with a large scale retrospective of his work.

He was born in Manhattan and went to high school there.  By age 14, he was taking art classes at the Parsons School of Design and also studied briefly with Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League in 1939.  He then attended Ohio State University where his major influence was Hoyt Sherman, whose figure-ground relationships inspired Lichtenstein's treatment of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 21621 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 9 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 27 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Roy Lichtenstein as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Roy Lichtenstein in 2 of its research Essays. Roy Lichtenstein has 53 artist signature examples available in our database.

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