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Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein. Pop Artist and Comic book extraordinaire. Roy Lichtenstein Biography. October 27, 1923 Roy was born in Manhatten NYC. Andy Warhol was born in 1928. 1940 attends OSU and studies drawing. 1943 drafted into the US army. 1946 earns Bachelors of Fine Arts at OSU

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Roy Lichtenstein

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  1. Roy Lichtenstein Pop Artist and Comic book extraordinaire

  2. Roy Lichtenstein Biography • October 27, 1923 Roy was born in Manhatten NYC. • Andy Warhol was born in 1928. • 1940 attends OSU and studies drawing. • 1943 drafted into the US army. • 1946 earns Bachelors of Fine Arts at OSU • 1949 earns Masters of Fine Arts at OSU

  3. Biography continued • 1949 gets married and lives in Columbus, Ohio. • 1950’s first one man exhibitions • 1960’s professor in New York. Begins Benday Dot method and incorporating his infamous comic books. • 1960’s-1990’s continues production, work is viewed in many prestigious galleries, and receives many awards • 1997 dies in Manhatten, NYC.

  4. Lichtenstein’s Dramatic Work • Drowning girl by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963.

  5. Lichtenstein’s work • Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963.

  6. The Source • All American Men of War #89 January-February 1962, National Periodical Publications Inc. (DC)

  7. Lichtenstein’s work • House I by Roy Lichtenstein, 1996.

  8. Sculpture • Brushstrokes in Flight by Roy Lichtenstein, 1984

  9. Benday Dots • Printing process named after illustrator Benjamin Day • You can see this method clearly in Lichtenstein’s Hay Stack Series of 1969.

  10. Benday Dot Extreme Bedroom at Arles, 1992 Water Lilies, 1991

  11. Benday Dot Extreme Red Lamps, 1990-96 Reflections on The Scream, 1990 Reflections: Sunday Morning 1989

  12. Lichtenstein’s awards • 1995    National Medal of the Arts, Washington D.C. • 1995  Kyoto Prize, Inamori Foundation, Kyoto, Japan. • 1993    Amici de Barcelona, from Mayor Pasqual Maragall, L’Alcalde de Barcelona. • 1991    Creative Arts Award in Painting, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. • 1989    American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy. Artist in residence. • 1979    American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. • 1977    Skowehegan Medal for Painting, Skowehegan School, Skowehegan, Maine.

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