Roy+Lichtenstein

=Roy Lichtenstein= Roy Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923, in New York City, NY, to Milton and Beatrice Werner Lichtenstein. Milton owned a Real Estate firm and Beatrice was a stay at home mom. Roy went to Benjamin Franklin High School, in NYC, then attended Ohio State University until he was drafted for military service in 1943.In the military he was a cartographer who anticipated enemy troop movement. In 1946,he returned to Ohio State where he recieved his bachelor of fine arts degree, and later his master of fine arts degree. After recieving these degrees, Roy Lichtenstein taught at Ohio State, then Oswego State College, then Rutgers University. . In 1963, he gave up teaching in order to paint full time. Lichtenstein bounced around between different styles, with influences from Picasso, Mondrian, Stuart, and Monet. When he finally found mainstream success, it was with a style that resembled comic strips depicting scenes of passion, romance, violence, and war.His works have been included in the Biennale art show in Venice, and the Guggenhiem museum in New York, which did a full exhibition on his work in 1969. . From 1970 on, Lichtenstien tried a myriad of styles including abstract artworks, portraits with mirrors where the face should be, still lifes, and landscape paintings. In 1995 his artwork was featured in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art traveling exhibit "The prints of Roy Lichtenstein" and then in 1996 he unveiled a series of new paintings called "Landscapes in the chinese style" at New York City's Leo Castelli gallery. Roy Lichtenstein died in New York City on September 29, 1997, at the age of 73.
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