Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)
Nationality: American
Movement: Pop Art
Media: Paintings
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Biography:
Born in New York, Roy Lichtenstein studied at the Art Student’s League and then the Ohio State University. From 1943 to 1946, he taught at the latter and then moved on to teach at New York State and Rutgers Universities. In 1949, Lichtenstein began exhibited his early work, which had strong influences of both Cubism and Abstract Expressionism. After meeting Allan Kaprow at Rutgers, he became interested in consumerism and American culture and spurred the development of the Pop Art movement.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (35)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Roy Lichtenstein, Foot and Hand, 1964
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Roy Lichtenstein, Crying Girl, 1964
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Roy Lichtenstein, Haystack #3 from the Haystack series, 1969
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Roy Lichtenstein, Moonscape, pl. 3 from Eleven Pop Artists, Vol. I 120, 1965
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein Title: Brushstrokes Date: 1967 Medium: color screenprint Dimensions: H.22 x W.30 in.
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Roy Lichtenstein, Sandwich and Soda from the portfolio Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964
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Roy Lichtenstein, Sweet Dreams Baby!, plate 1 from the portfolio Eleven Pop Artists, Vol. III, 1965
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Roy Lichtenstein, untitled, plate on p. 119 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]), 1964
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Roy Lichtenstein, untitled, plate on p. 118 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]), 1964
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein Title: Vicki Date: 1964 Medium: enamel on steel Dimensions: H.42 x W.42
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Roy Lichtenstein - Untitled 1955 oil on canvas University of Kentucky Art Museum American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Standing Rib 1962 Oil on canvas The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Look Mickey 1961 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Tire 1962 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Seascape 1966 Mixed media on paper The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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Roy Lichtenstein - House I 1996-1998 fabricated and paint National Gallery of Art American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Vicki 1964 enamel on steel Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Haystacks 1969 lithograph Turman Gallery at Indiana State University American
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Stepping Out, 1978 Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)Oil and magna on canvas; H. 86, W. 70
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Roy Lichtenstein - Study for Aviation 1967 pencil, crayon, coll Arkansas Arts Center American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Navajo, Seated 1957 Crayon and tempra on The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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Roy Lichtenstein - Battle Scene 1951 pastel on paper The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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Roy Lichtenstein - Desk Calendar 1962 Oil on Canvas The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Man with Folded Arms 1962 Oil on canvas The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Crying Girl 1964 enamel on steel Milwaukee Art Museum American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Girl with Ball 1961 oil and synthetic po The Museum of Modern Art American
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Roy Lichtenstein - The Great Pyramid 1969 oil and magna on can Des Moines Art Center American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Bauhaus Stairway 1988 oil and synthetic po The Museum of Modern Art American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Live Ammo (Ha! Ha! Ha!) 1962 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Modular Painting in Four Panels V 1969 Oil and acryilc on c Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Modern Painting with Clef 1967 oil, synthetic polym Hirshhorn Museum American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Modern Painting With Sun Rays 1967 oil and magna on can Hirshhorn Museum American
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Roy Lichtenstein - Modern Sculpture With Black Shaft 1967 aluminum and glass c Hirshhorn Museum American
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene), ca. 1875 Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906)Oil on canvas; 21 3/4 x
Museum of Fine Arts -
Pieter de Hooch, Dutch, 1629–after 1684 Interior of a Dutch House about 1680 Oil on

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors
Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors is generously sponsored by the Sara Lee Foundation and the Northern Trust Corporation. > Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors is generously sponsored by the Sara Lee Foundation and the Northern Trust Corporation. ...
Corcoran Gallery of Art: Roy Lichtenstein: Sculpture and Drawings
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art: Roy Lichtenstein: The First Comprehensive Presentation in Scandinavia
The exhibition presented by Louisiana will demonstrate that this description of Roy Lichtenstein’s work is in itself a cliché. Much more goes on in the Lichtenstein universe than the mere citation of existing images. Lichtenstein’s work deals with...
Bellevue Art Museum: Roy Lichtenstein: Times Square Mural
Lichtenstein was commissioned 12 years ago by New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to create a mural for the Times Square subway station. Standing 6 feet high and 53 feet long the mural depicts a skyline view of a futuristic city and ...
Kunsthaus Bregenz: Roy Lichtenstein: Classic of the New
For more than three decades, Roy Lichtenstein (born in 1923 in New York; died in 1997 in New York) managed to stay true to his artistic sources and at the same time to stylistically expand the different thematic groups, to interlink and vary th...
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg: Roy Lichtenstein: Mirror Paintings, 1963 – 1997
Unlike the 1994 retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (which toured to Munich and Hamburg), this exhibition is devoted to a single theme that preoccupied the artist over several decades: that of 'Mirror' 'Paintings' and 'Reflections...
Phoenix Art Museum: Embracing the Present: The UBS Art Collection
This exhibition has been organized by the Portland Art Museum and is made possible by UBS. One of the foremost collections of contemporary art in the United States, The UBS Art Collection, formerly The PaineWebber Art Collection, began in 1971 wi...
Museum of Contemporary Art, LA: Selections from the Permanent Collection: 1960-2000
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Roy Lichtenstein: All About Art
This major exhibition features approximately eighty paintings and drawings by Lichtenstein (1923–1997) and traces the artist’s fascination with the painted image and the act of art-making over his nearly forty-year career. Best known as a pop arti...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Roy Lichtenstein on the Roof
The installation is made possible by the Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust. On view will be: the nearly 30-foot-tall Brushstrokes, 1996 (fabricated 2001); the 17 1/2-foot-wide House III, 1997 (fabricated 2002); and four vertical, quasi-f...
Detroit Institute of Art: POP ART: PRINTS AND MULTIPLES FROM THE DIA COLLECTION
By relying on humor, audacity, color and several new technologies, these artists redefined and broadened the spectrum of art. This exhibition surveys the accomplishments...
ASU Art Museum: The Eye of the Collector: Works from the Lipman Collection of American Art
The exhibition will include works by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, David Smith, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Lucas Samaras, Robert Morris and will...
Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Photographs of Artists
Don't miss this opportunity to come face to face with artists represented in the Gallery's collection such as Henri...
: Art Dealer Monolith Leo Castelli Dies at 91
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Guggenheim Hermitage Museum: American Pop Icons: Works by Eight Key Artists
In a statement, Thomas Krens, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, said of the Pop exhibition: "American Pop Icons is the third major presentation at the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum as part of its ongoing mission to bring many of the wor...
Appleton Museum of Art: Homage to Van Gogh: International Artists Pay Tribute to a Legend
The collection was started in 1985 with the intention on fulfilling Van Gogh’s hope of forming a community of artists in Arles, France. Little evidence remains of Van Gogh’s residence in the city. None of the paintings made during Van Gogh’s “Arle...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons: Four Decades of Art from the Broad Collections

The exhibition draws from the Broads' personal collection and the holdings of The Broad Art Foundation. Developed over the past 30 years, these collections span four decades and include some of the most emblematic works in the history of postwar a...
Karin Weber Gallery: Perfection Underlying Life: Karina Wisniewska
An injury in 2000 terminated Karina Wisniewska's international career as a Concert pianist. She moved to her own studio in Zurich to concentrate exclusively on her other passion, painting. She has had almost immediate success, with her work exhib...
Indianapolis Museum of Art: Pop Impact - From Johns to Warhol
Considered controversial when it first emerged in the 1950s and 60s, Pop Art broke the rules by shunning abstraction in general and returning to recognizable subject matter, yet the subjects Pop artists chose—Coke bottles, billbo...
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art: Selections From The Hara Museum's Permanent Collection
The featured pieces include works by leading pop art figures, such as Still Life with Scalloped Bowl (1972) by Roy Lichtenstein, whose use of secular motifs, simple forms and solid blocks of colors was inspired by print media and comic strips. Al...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Pop Impressions Europe/USA: Prints and Multiples from The Museum of Modern Art
Organized thematically, the exhibition addresses some of the prevailing subjects that preoccupied Pop artists, including mass media, consumer culture, politics, and erotica. The exhibition begins with proto-Pop examples by artists such as Ja...
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach: The UAM Diaries: 1973-2004 The Glenn Years
In addition, a number of exhibits that the UAM has traveled to museums throughout America, including The Great American Pop Art Store: Multiples of the Sixties; Time Dust, James Rosenquist; The Complete Graphics 1962-1992; Frederick Sommer at Seve...
Everson Museum: Central New York Selects
Participants were allowed to choose from all media including paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculpture, and ceramics, but were limited to works of art that were not currently displa...
Heather Marx Gallery: Brisk: Paintings by Yek
Using an airbrush to spray a range of colors from day-glo explosions to rich, moody nocturnes onto his concave panels, Yek creates nearly flawless atmospheric abstractions that suggest hyperkinetic landscapes and skyscapes.  Yeks paintings appear ...
Long Beach Museum of Art: The Artful Teapot: 20th-Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection
The teapots, created by modern and contemporary artists, such as Roy Lichtenstein, Michael Graves, Keith Haring, Cindy Sherman, Ralph Bacerra, Cindy Kolodziejski, Michael Lucero, Ron Nagle, Tony Marsh, Peter Shire and Adrian Saxe, represent some o...
MIT List Visual Arts Center: Body Parts- A Self-Portrait by John Coplans
For weeks [after 9/11], when the wind blew in my direction, I could smell fumes in my studio and in my bedroom. The fumes constantly seeped in; the smell reminded me of the burning of a body at a Hindu funeral pyre. A vast number of bodies were ...
Columbia Museum of Art: POP IMACT! From Johns to Warhol
Included in the exhibition, are icons of the '60s by 17 notable artists including Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselman, Robert Indiana, Marisol, Edward Ruscha, George Segal and Wayne Thiebau...
Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum: POP CARS. America – Europe
The Lehmbruck Museum project will be the result of in-depth research, and will present groups of work on the topic from the Gottfried Schultz VW collection, the BMW Car Collection (Warhol), the DaimlerChrysler Collection (Cars by Warhol), the ADAC (G...
20th Century Art & Design Fair: Fair Opens Tomorrow in the National Hall Olympia
Exhibitors who have committed already to this year’s fair include Country Seat and Morgan Greenwood with the finest furniture and objects from eminent and international designers such as Aalto and Bertoia, The Loschs from Germany, specialising in ...
Andy Warhol Museum: Summer of Andy: Program Celebrates Andy Warhol's 75th Birthday
Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett The exhibition, Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett, examines the connection between artist and muse through a series of collaborative sculptures and photographs by contemporary artist, Keith Edmier, and actress a...

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