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Roy Lichtenstein. By Erica Liu. October 27 1923 – September 29 1997 New York City American Pop artist Painter and Sculptor He painted comic book style art and also sculpted many statues using this technique. Who was Roy Lichtenstein?. Roy Lichtenstein's Influences.
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Roy Lichtenstein By Erica Liu
October 27 1923 – September 29 1997 New York City American Pop artist Painter and Sculptor He painted comic book style art and also sculpted many statues using this technique Who was Roy Lichtenstein?
Roy Lichtenstein's Influences • Influenced by the teaching of Hoyt L. Sherman • Holy L. Sherman was a late Fauvist (French) painter, designer and architect • Introduced class to modernism during American scene painting era • He adopted a series of different artistic techniques. First, Picasso’s style of the 1940, then to Rococo motifs, and finally turning to abstraction in 1958 in a late variation of Action painting.
Roy Lichtenstein’s work • During the early 1950's, Lichtenstein became interested in mass-produced commercial illustrations, especially comic strips and advertisements. He began to isolate single products and single frames of comic strips onto canvas’s • Lichtenstein painted such subjects as plants, beautiful women, and wild animals.
Roy Lichtenstein’s training • First trained at Art Students League, New York • He taught from 1946-1951 at Ohio state University • Then moving on to State University of New York at Oswego • 1960-1963 Douglass Collage, Rutgers University in New Brunswick NJ
Roy Lichtenstein’s physical components • He believed in using simple colors • “Mimicking” the commercial painting techniques • Using the patterns of colored circles that imitated the half-tine screens in newspaper printings
Roy Lichtenstein’s family • 1949 married Isabel Wilson to then be later divorced in 1965 • She was previously married to Michael Sarisky • 1954 David Hoyt Lichtenstein was his first son • Mitchell Lichtenstein was his second son 1956
Why did I pick Roy Lichtenstein? • I picked Roy Lichtenstein because I loved the use of simple colors • Also the comic/industrial look of the paintings • The black and vibrant colors of the painting really caught my attention when I first saw it
How do I plan to paint like Roy Lichtenstein • Use simple yet vibrant colors to attract the eye • Individually paint every dot on the girls face • Use graphing method to transfer my piece over to my canvas
Work Cited • Busche, Ernst A. "Roy Lichtenstein." Oyxford Art Online. 2009 . 4 Mar. 2009 <http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/ T050915?q=roy+Lichtenstein&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit>. • Deborah, Leveton. "Roy Lichtenstein." World Book Online. 2009. 5 Mar. 2009 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/ article?id=ar322550&st=Roy+Lichtenstein>. • "Roy Lichtenstein." Wikipedia . 2009. 4 Mar. 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein>.
