Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein was a representative of American Pop Art and became known for his comic-like images, which appropriated the imagery of advertising. His artistic work included techniques such as screen printing as well as wood printing, collages and sculptures. Lichtenstein's pictures received an unmistakable style through the use and further development of the “Ben-Day dots”, a technique developed by the artist Benjamin Day for industrial illustration. He always consciously used these elements of the industrial production of commercial products to create a connection between art and consumption. Before he returned to his initial painting styles, i.e. Cubism and Expressionism, in his last creative phase, he took up some great works by artists such as Cézanne, Mondrian and Picasso in the style of his pop imagery, which he studied with strong brushstrokes and primary colors and interpreted. Roy Lichtenstein died on September 29, 1997 at the age of 73.