(1923-1997) American Pop artist; painter, lithographer and sculptor, Lichtenstein was born in New York. He studied at the Art Students League 1939, and at Ohio State College from 1940 to 1943. From 1943 to 1946, he was in the service. He returned to Ohio State College in 1946, continuing his studies until 1949 and taught there until 1951. His first one-man exhibition was at the Carlebach Gallery, New York, in 1951. Lichtenstein lived in Cleveland, Ohio from 1951 to 1957, painting and making a living at various odd jobs.

He was an instructor at New York State University, Oswego, New York from 1957 to 1960, and at Rutgers University from 1960 to 1963. Painting in a non-figurative and Abstract Expressionist style from 1957 to 61, Lichtenstein began latterly to incorporate loosely handled cartoon images, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck etc., in his paintings.

He made a breakthrough into his characteristic work in 1961; painted pictures based on comic strip images, advertising imagery and overt adaptations of works of art by others, followed by classical ruins, paintings of canvas backs or stretchers, etc. He made land, sea, sky and moonscapes in the 60s, sometimes in relief and incorporating plastics and enamelled metal. His later work includes some sculptures, mostly in polished brass, based on Art-Deco forms of the 1930s, etc. Lichtenstein lived in New York until his death.

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Water Lilies with Japanese Bridge

1992
enamel/metal
83 1/4 x 58 inches framed

Brushstroke Sill Life With Lamp

1997
Screenprinted oil based enamel ink and hand-painted Magna on a honey comb core aluminum panel in wood frame designed by the artist
54 x 72-1/2 x 1-3/4 inches (framed)