Visual Tranquility - Roy Lichtenstein

Drowning Girl, Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was born October 1923 and died September 1997 at the age of 73. Lichtenstein first became interested in art and design as a hobby. After graduation from Franklin, Lichtenstein enrolled in summer classes at the Art Students League of New York. Lichtenstein then left New York to study at the Ohio State University which offered studio courses and a degree in fine arts.
His work fluctuated between Cubism and Expressionism, but he became popular because of his Pop paintings. In 1961 Lichtenstein began his first Pop painting using cartoon images and techniques derived from the appearance of commerical printing. His first work to feature the large scale use of hard edged figures and Benday Dots. Fall semester '07, I found out that he made each dot individually using his fingers. Lichtenstein used oil and Magna paint in his best known works, such as Drowning Girl, which can be seen at the MoMA. Also featuring thick outlines, bold colors and Benday Dots to represent certain colors, as if created by photographic reproduction.
Lichtenstein eventually steered away from the style of art he is known for back to Abstract/Cubism, but he made it more of a Pop painting than anything else.
In the Car, Roy Lichtenstein
Cubist Still Life, Roy Lichtenstein