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Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art. Works of Roy. In 1949, Roy had his first gallery exhibition at the Chinese Gallery in New York.
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Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art
Works of Roy • In 1949, Roy had his first gallery exhibition at the Chinese Gallery in New York. • Former jobs included: drawing teacher, engineering draftsman for a steel company, designed display windows for dept. stores, and drew B&W images for an instrument company. • Then in 1951, he began to take his work to galleries himself on the roof of his car.
POP ART • considered an influential artist in POP ART. • POP ART: A form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration. • also experimented with painting styles of Abstract Expressionism and Cubism.
Works of Roy His art began to evolve into a unique style. He painted “advertisement- like” paintings depicting consumer products. These were very simple and restricted to few colors.
DESCRIBE: What do you see? 1 SENTENCE • ANALYZE: What elements of art are shown? 1 SENTENCE • INTERPRET: What do you think this art is about? 1 SENTENCE • JUDGE: Do you like this style of art? Is it successful? Why? 2 SENTENCES
How is the work of art classified as a still life? • Which of Lichtenstein’s subject matters shown today do you prefer? Pop Art (popular culture) or his Still life period? • In 2 sentences explain your reasoning for this choice.