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His art work used thick , horizontal stripes and dots called benday dots. The dots were originally for printing pictures cheaply. The faces of many people in his art are made of these dots.
Biography
Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York in 1923 and LOVED drawing and painting. Lichtenstein grew up under no specific artistic influences. In 1923 he had not yet had a art lesson. But still he LOVED ART. In 1991 he made his great first painting. He taught at Ohio University, and loved comic book art. In fact that’s the art that he did.
Lichtenstein grew up under no specific artistic influence at home or school. His high school didn't have art classes. At the age of 14 he attended a painting class at Person’s School of design every Saturday morning. From 1940 to 1943 he studied in New York at the Art Students’ League. Then he was drafted to the US Army and served in Europe during World War II. Back from the army, Lichenstein studied at Ohio State University from 1946 and received his Master's of Arts in 1949. Like Andy Warhol he worked in the commercial graphic business for a while making designs and decorating shop windows. From 1957 on, he taught at different universities.
He went to a high school that did not offer art classes but he liked to draw and did so in his free time. After high school, Lichtenstein went to Ohio State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in fine art. He taught art classes as Ohio State University, State University of New York at Oswego, and then Rutgers University. His art evolved during this time from Cubism and Expressioni In 1961, Lichtenstein created his first Pop Art painting. He liked the way commercial art looked and he liked the sharp, black outlines in comic book art. The Pop paintings he is known for combined the two styles. Lichtenstein used thick, horizontal stripes and Benday Dots in his paintings. Benday Dots were originally used for printing pictures inexpensively. By spacing four different colors of dots close together, far apart, or on top of each other, all the colors can be made. Lichtenstein liked the way the dots looked and so he borrowed the technique. You’ll notice that the faces of the people in many of his paintings are made up of Benday Dots. In 1964, Life magazine said "he was the worst artist ever", but today he is a respected artist.
Style
His art work used thick , horizontal stripes and benday dots. The dots were originally for printing pictures cheaply. The faces of many people in his art are made of these dots.
Works
Roy Lichtenstein did some pieces based other artist’s work, such as “woman with a flowered hat” (1963), based on a piece by Pablo Picasso. He created versions of paintings of George Washington or haystacks. He was best known for his comic strips, with themes like passion, romance, science fiction, violence, and war. In these paintings, Roy used art methods such as spray-gun stencils or ben-day dots. In 1969 New York’s Guggenheim Museum opened an exhibit of his work.
Roy Lichtenstein had a unique style of pop art. He also painted pictures and created sculptures. Roy Liechtenstein was drafted in the military and drew maps for them. Later he started painting pop art. He later started painting and making sculptures including The Overt Sculpture. Roy Liechtenstein died a sad death in 1997.
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