Roy Lichtenstein (27 October 1923–29 September 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being "as artificial as possible."
Roy Lichtenstein was born on 27 October 1923 into an upper-middle-class family in New York City, and attended public school until he was 12. He then enrolled at the Franklin School for Boys, in Manhattan, for his secondary education. The school did not have an art department, and he became interested in art and design as hobby outside of his schooling. He was an avid fan of jazz and often attended concerts at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.[citation needed] He would often draw portraits of the musicians at their instruments. During 1939, in his final year at the academy, he enrolled in summer art classes at the Art Students League of New York under the tutelage of Reginald Marsh.¹
Recommended books on Roy Lichtenstein:
Roy Lichtenstein, 1923-1997 (Taschen Basic Art); Roy Lichtenstein: Prints 1956-1997 Marquand Books; Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors Hudson Hills Press; The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1993 Hudson Hills;
Roy Lichtenstein's ABC's Bulfinch; Roy Lichtenstein, Kunsthaus Bregenz; Roy Lichtenstein: Beginning to End Actar D / Fundacin Juan March; Roy Lichtenstein (Modern Masters Series, Vol. 1) Abbeville Press; Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art Yale University Press; The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1997 Hudson Hills Press.
Roy Lichtenstein (27 October 1923–29 September 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being "as artificial as possible."