Roy Lichtenstein biography in Biographies from the artzine on artrepublic.comRoy Lichtenstein became one of the leading figures of the pop art movement. He used images from commercial art and mass culture and made them his own. His best know images use the conventions of comic books with thick black outlines, primary colours and the Bendy dots that characterize the cheap prints process. He then blew this up in size and used his paintings to portray very deep emotions of love (as in the Kiss) and violence (as in Whaam). Later works included large scale public murals, brass sculptures and comic book versions of classic painting. Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in New York. His university studies were interrupted by World War II and he served in the US army for 3 years before returning to his studies. Then followed many years of teaching art and various odd jobs to finance his painting. His style evolved through Cubism and Abstract Expressionism. His first show of his Pop art works in 1962 was an instant success. He died in New York in 1997. Browse Prints
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