Roy lichtenstein Pop Artist
Roy Lichtenstein Bio
Roy Fox Lichtenstein ( October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. Inspired by the comic strip, Lichtenstein produced precise compositions that documented while they parodied, often in a tongue-in-cheek manner. His work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style. He described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting". His paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City.
Whaam! and Drowning Girl are generally regarded as Lichtenstein's most famous works, with Oh, Jeff...I Love You, Too...But... arguably third. Drowning Girl, Whaam! and Look Mickey are regarded as his most influential works. His most expensive piece is Masterpiece, which was sold for $165 million in January 2017.
Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation announces the launch of collaborations with the Whitney Museum of American Art and with the Archives of American Art.
By the wishes of the artist and his family, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation was chartered as a Private Operating Foundation in 1998, primarily to facilitate public access to the work of Roy Lichtenstein and the art and artists of his time; to create a catalogue raisonné of all known Lichtenstein works; and to share information which could assist the development and education of the next generations of curators, critics and scholars concerning the artist Roy Lichtenstein.
During the last fifteen years we have expanded our activities to include: the rescue, organization and donation of the enormous and historically consequential Shunk-Kender and Harry Shunk Photography Collections to a consortium of five international museums/research centers; consistent support of the Aspen Institute National Study of Artist-Endowed Foundations; providing expertise to numerous Lichtenstein exhibitions; supporting numerous outreach and research topics, including artists’ materials and postwar art and art history; building a Study Collection of early Lichtenstein and later generative sketches, models, maquettes and artifacts; functioning as an image and information database for a broad range of art, art history and oral histories; and working with museums to acquire notable Lichtenstein artworks from our collections and the collections of others.
The Foundation began operation in 1999 in the artist’s West Greenwich Village studio. Its primary offices are currently located in a townhouse contiguous to the studio. These offices house the research library, administration, rights and reproductions, and catalogue raisonné work spaces.
Roy Lichtenstein AWARDS
1995 National Medal of Arts, Washington, D.C.
1995 Kyoto Prize, Inamori Foundation, Kyoto, Japan.
1993 Amici de Barcelona, from Mayor Pasqual Maragall, L’Alcalde de Barcelona, Spain.
1992 Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
1991 Creative Arts Award in Painting, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
1989 American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy. Artist in Residence.
1979 American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
1977 Skowhegan Medal for Painting, Skowhegan School, Skowhegan, Maine.
Honorary Doctorates in Fine Art:
1996 The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1993 Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom.
1990 The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers.
1989 Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
1988 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
1977 California Institute of Fine Arts, Valencia, California.
Roy Lichtenstein un-located WORKS
The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation’s website, and its related subsite, www.imageduplicator.com, contain the works that are known to the Foundation and which the Foundation believes are works by Roy Lichtenstein. Some of them remain unlocated.
The Foundation’s catalogue raisonné team has set as its scholarly task the physical examination of every work by the artist. Hence, we would greatly appreciate being able to find any work listed in this display. Owners are kindly asked to download a PDF of the catalogue raisonné collector’s form and/or e-mail us at info@lichtensteinfoundation.org. All submissions are held in the strictest confidence.
Paintings
- Still Life with Cup, Plate and Bottle
Still Life with Cup, Plate and Bottle
c. 1942–1943
Oil on canvas
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