Roy Lichtenstein was born on 27 October 1923 in New York City. Lichtenstein was the son of a prosperous realtor. In 1939 he studied under Reginald Marsh art the Arts Students League in New York. In 1940 Lichtenstein studied under Hoyt L. Sherman at the School of Fine Arts at Ohio State University, Columbus. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the army. After this he resumed his studies and obtained a Masters of Fine Art in 1949. In 1951the Carlebach Gallery in New York organised a solo exhibition of his semi-abstract paintings of the old West. Lichtenstein initially experimented with abstraction but said it “didn’t have much of a sense of humour.” Shortly after the artist moved to Cleveland where he continued painting while working as an engineering draft

THE BEGINNING OF LICHTENSTEINS COMIC STYLE

In 1963 Lichtenstein moved from New Jersey to New York, having taken leave of absence from his job at Rutgers; in 1964 he resigned from teaching altogether. Also in 1964 Life magazine published an article asking ”Is he the worst artist in America?“ In 1966 he showed at the Venice Biennale, and in 1969 he was given his first New York retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, which later toured America. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1970, and then moved to Southampton, Long Island, thus following a pattern set by many successful American artists. In 1979 Lichtenstein received his first public commission for a sculpture. In 1987 he had a retrospective of his drawings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Roy died of pneumonia in 1997.

From this point on Lichtensteins signature style of bold black outlines and the use of Photo engravers Ben day dots was born. His inspiration came from comic book images, romance tabloids, advertisements and commercial artwork. These things were key in the creation of

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