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roy lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was a painter at the centre of one of the most influential moments in the history of contemporary art, the Pop Movement. Among his works are paintings of enlarged brushstrokes, mirrors and comic book panels. He modified and adapted images from other artists work. (He was referred to as a “quotational”painter.) His comic-strip art is the most remembered and talked about in the art world and by the public. He borrowed from popular culture and industry to create his images that, although they were familiar, became his won inventions. He was also a lender and influenced several artists of the ‘80s. Roy Lichtenstein produced during his career a body of work of remarkable visual and conceptual energy using a style that still inspires and influences artists.
By 1961, Roy Lichtenstein became a name known throughout the art world. His transition from Abstract Expressionism to the Pop world was, as he admits, abrupt. He was one of the artists that spea...

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