Artist Birthdays October 27 – ROY LICHTENSTEIN
ROY LICHTENSTEIN (Oct. 27, 1923 – Sept. 29, 1997)
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Nationality: American
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Field: Painting, sculpture
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Art Movement: Pop Art
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ARTiFact: His first work to feature the large-scale use of hard-edged figures and Benday Dots was Look Mickey (1961); the piece resulted from a challenge from one of his sons, who pointed to a Mickey Mouse comic book and said, “I bet you can’t paint as good as that, eh, Dad?”
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Artist Quote: “I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.”
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Notable Artwork (shown below): Crying Girl, 1963.
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