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"Luminous Art & Design :: Art & Artists"
Roy Lichtenstein :: Biography and Books"
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Born October 27, 1923 in New York City, American artist Roy Lichtenstein is known for his impact on the pop art movement. In the beginning and throughout his career Jazz musicians had a huge influence. Roy loved Jazz and was lucky enough to be at the hot spot for amazing concerts. He frequented the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, were he was right at the feet of many Jazz greats.
During Roy’s entire life and career he was absorbed in art. If not studying he was teaching. Roy enrolled in summer classes in 1939 at the Art Students League of New York under the teachings of Reginald Marsh. Later going on to Ohio State University where training was interrupted when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. This was during World War II were he served in Europe from 1943-1946. Some paintings show definite inspiration from military experiences. “Whaam!” being one most recognized along with “Torpedo” you can plainly see how the military impacted his artwork.
After Roy’s military duty ended he moved to Cleveland in 1951 for six years. During this time Carlebach Gallery, New York, organized a solo exhibition of his semi-abstract paintings of the old west. Artwork for the exhibit showed a subject, technique and style unique from his most popular and easily recognized work. On another occasion he took his now popular comic-strip paintings unannounced to the Leo Castelli Gallery. His artwork was accepted instead of Andy Warhol’s. 1960-1963 Roy lived in New Jersey teaching at Douglas College, a division of Rutgers University in New Brunswick. During this time he met many other artists who were also experimenting with art based on everyday life. Jim Dine, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Lucas Samaras and Robert Whiteman are just a few of the names he came in contact with during this period. It has been said that this was Lichtenstein’s golden time when he did his best work.
In 1961 he started exclusive paintings based on comic strip figures and introduced Ben-day dots with Mickey Mouse in a painting “Look Mickey”. Cropping images from advertisements for paintings during this period Lichtenstein was fast building a reputation. Some noted opinions were good and some not so flattering. Sometimes people would dispute Roy’s originality during his career. Some felt he wasn’t original and did not hesitate to say so in public statements. A portion of Lichtenstein’s obituary for ‘The Economist’ read: “Mere workers at the coal-face, the artists who labored away on the comic books that Mr. Lichtenstein copied, did not think much of his paintings. In enlarging them, some claimed, they became static. Some threatened to sue him. Whatever the justice of their complaints, in fact Mr. Lichtenstein did them a sort of favor. Comic books these days are often taken seriously, the subject of theses, (or a sign of growing illiteracy). But this is to miss the point of Roy Lichtenstein’s achievement.”
“Torpedo” sold at Christies in 1989 for 5.5 million, a record breaking price for this era. Torpedo’s sale by itself was a huge statement regarding Lichtenstein’s work and the demand for it. From what is known of Roy’s outlook on his own work he found art in everything around and wanted to portray this. Success for most of his career shows he had fully brought this way of thinking to a realization. Having a full life and exciting career in art he died on September 29, 1997 of pneumonia.
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