Roy Lichtenstein American Pop Art Oil on Canvas – August 1, 2019
Oil on canvas, framed and stretched. Featuring a girl on the phone. Signed Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997, American) on the lower right corner. 39 x 39 cm (15.4 x 15.4 inches). Frame size: 44.5 x 44.5 cm (17.5 x 17.5 inches). PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate
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Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was an American artist known for his paintings and prints which referenced commercial art and popular culture icons. Composed using Ben-Day dots, Lichtenstein’s work mimicked the mechanical technique with his own hand on a larger scale. He was a leading figure in establishing the Pop Art movement, alongside Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, and Jasper Johns. “I take a cliché and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial,” he once said of his work.
Born on October 27, 1923 in New York, he studied painting under Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League of New York after high school. Drafted by the US Army during World War II, he encountered the works of European masters and contemporary artists while stationed in France. After the war, he returned to America and completed his degree at Ohio State University, producing paintings in the vein of Abstract Expressionism. Lichtenstein began teaching art at Rutgers University during the late 1950s.
By the early 1960s, he began showing with Leo Castelli gallery in New York, and made major breakthroughs with works such as Drowning Girl (1963). Which was a satirical take on melodramatic pulp fiction of the era. Themes of irony and cliché prevailed throughout the remainder of Lichtenstein’s career, as evinced in his Haystacks (1969). It was a take on the canonical series by Claude Monet.
The artist died on September 29, 1997 in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Tate Modern in London.
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Richmond Hill, ON – 423 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ August 1 auction featuring the finest in IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS, MODERN ART & ANTIQUES 2019-08-01. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.
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