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Roy Lichtenstein, born in 1923 in New York City, was an artist known for his paintings that imitated scenes from comic books. In addition, he often reproduced historical masterpieces in his own style, recreating paintings by Van Gogh, Picasso and other artists.

As a young man, Lichtenstein studied with Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York. He later went to Ohio State University, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree after a brief stint in the Army during World War II.

Although he began his career teaching in New Jersey, he decided to return to New York to be at the center of the art scene, and did not have his first solo exhibition until 1962, when he was almost forty years old.

There, he continued to create sculptures, paintings and prints until he died of pneumonia in 1997.

Artists in Pop Art

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams, pseudonym of Thomas Lanier Williams III, was an American playwright and winner of many awards. Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955.
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Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns, Jr. is an American painter of the Pop Art movement. Jasper Johns was perhaps one of the most important pioneers of Pop Art in the United States. He began painting such common objects as flags, maps, numerals,
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Claes Thure Oldenburg

Claes Thure Oldenburg was an American sculptor of Swedish origin and is, between Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the most important figure in American Pop Art.
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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola, was an American painter and filmmaker, as well as a major figure in the pop art movement.
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Meet some of the artists who created “Pop Art” in the 1960s
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