Prints of the 1960s by Roy Lichtenstein
Prints of the 1960s by Roy Lichtenstein
About Roy Lichtenstein:
Roy Lichtenstein was a pop art painter whose works, in a style derived from comic strips, portray the trivialization of culture endemic in contemporary American life. Using bright, strident colors and techniques borrowed from the printing industry, he ironically incorporates mass-produced emotions and objects into highly sophisticated references to art history.He was one of the first American Pop artists to achieve widespread renown, and he became a lightning rod for criticism of the movement.
Primary colors–red, yellow and blue, heavily outlined in black–became his favorites. Occasionally he used green. Instead of shades of color, he used the benday dot, a method by which an image is created, and its density of tone modulated in printing. Sometimes he selected a comic-strip scene, recomposed it, projected it onto his canvas and stenciled in the dots. “I want my painting to look as if it had been programmed,” Lichtenstein explained.
Artwork

Crying Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Crying Girl by Roy Lichtenstein

Haystack (C.84) by Roy Lichtenstein
Haystack (C.84) by Roy Lichtenstein

Industry and The Arts II (C. 86) by Roy Lichtenstein
Industry and The Arts II (C. 86) by Roy Lichtenstein

Moonscape by Roy Lichtenstein
Moonscape by Roy Lichtenstein

Spray Can by Roy Lichtenstein
Spray Can by Roy Lichtenstein

Sandwich and Soda by Roy Lichtenstein
Sandwich and Soda by Roy Lichtenstein

On by Roy Lichtenstein
On by Roy Lichtenstein

Brushstroke C. 45 by Roy Lichtenstein
Brushstroke C. 45 by Roy Lichtenstein

Shipboard Girl by Roy Lichtenstein
Shipboard Girl by Roy Lichtenstein

Reverie by Roy Lichtenstein
Reverie by Roy Lichtenstein

Sweet Dreams Baby! by Roy Lichtenstein
Sweet Dreams Baby! by Roy Lichtenstein

New Seascape By Roy Lichtenstein
New Seascape By Roy Lichtenstein

Foot and Hand by Roy Lichtenstein
Foot and Hand by Roy Lichtenstein

Crak! – Roy Lichtenstein
Crak! – Roy Lichtenstein
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