In the 1960s an art movement known as Pop Art had begun. Pop art was meant to be simple to aid the audience in creating their own interpretations of the pieces. Two of the leading artists were Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Warhol was a fan of women‚ unlike Warhol‚ Lichtenstein was inspired by culture; their paintings are both pieces of Pop Art but they are different because Warhol’s paintings are mostly of women and Lichtenstein’s are of famous cartoon characters. The artists used different techniques
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Roy Lichtenstein was born on October 27 1923 and died September 29 1997. He was an American pop artist. During the 1960s‚ his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City and‚ along with Andy Warhol‚ Jasper Johns‚ James Rosenquist‚ and others. He became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the basic foundation of pop art better than any other through parody. Favoring the old-fashioned comic strip as subject matter‚ Lichtenstein produced hard-edged
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Roy Lichtenstein is one of the two most recognized names in Pop Art (Andy Warhol being the other). He is best known for his paintings of what appear to be machine-printed comic strips‚ although he was also fond of depicting advertisements- Roy Lichtenstein (American‚ 1923-1997) The Kiss‚ 1962 Oil on canvas 80 x 68 in. Private Collection of Paul G. Allen Image © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein Private Collection of Paul G. Allen Image © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein (pronounced /ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn/;
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ROY LICHTENSTEIN In the city of New York a future artist was born. Roy Lichtenstein. He was brought up in a middle class Jewish family. His father was a real estate broker named Milton and his mother‚ Beatrice Werner‚ was a homemaker. His interest in art started as a hobby in school. In 1939‚ when he was in his last year of school he went to summer classes at the Art Students League of New York. Under the Tutelage of Reginald Marsh he worked and improved in his artistic skills. Roy Lichtenstein
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A2 Art Essay: Why was the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein immediately popular in the 1960’s? Roy Lichtenstein rapidly became popular in the 1960’s with his very original pop art pieces which he based many on comic strips‚ advertisements or newspapers. These tended to be the main inspiration for his work; this is because the subjects would tend to be exceedingly emotional and melodramatic. He became an idol to the American culture by adding in comic book characters which were very
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pop art research Andy Warhol: Warhol was an US painter‚ film-maker and author‚ and a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. Andrew Warhola was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. His parents had emigrated to the USA from Ruthenia‚ a region now in the Slovak Republic. Between 1945 and 1949 Warhol studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1949‚ he moved to New York and changed his name to Warhol. He worked as a commercial artist for magazines and also designed advertising and window displays
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When one is reflecting on the life and works of Andy Warhol‚ it is established that he changed the world we live in. Through the use of paintings‚ sculptures‚ drawings‚ and films‚ Warhol transformed the standard of modern art by making his artworks more vibrant and energetic. His nonconforming style had attracted much of society‚ which included many celebrities. Using many techniques‚ such as repetition and color placement‚ Warhol brought his views on materialism‚ politics‚ economics‚ and the media
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Abstract Andy Warhol was born and raised in a poor family in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His mother was his influential person; he depended on his mother‚ Julia which is related to Erickson’s Trust vs. Mistrust. He trusted his mother with everything and she was her inspiration that is why when he grew up to be an artist‚ he had a lot of portraits of his mother in his art museum and gallery in New York. And had an odd personality and was very shy. He hid when his father died‚ did not have any friends
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ANDY WARHOL Born on August 6‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. Andy Warhol’s parents were Slovakian immigrants. His father‚ Ondrej Warhola‚ was a construction worker‚ while his mother‚ Julia Warhola‚ was an embroiderer. The family lived at 55 Beleen Street and later at 3252 Dawson Street in the Oakland neighbourhood of Pittsburgh. They were devout Byzantine Catholics and
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The two artist I have chosen to study a FBC Cadell and Roy Lichtenstein. Both artist are from different movements and styles. Cadell painted in the the impressionist style in the early 20th century whereas Lichtenstein painted in the Pop-art style during the 1960s and 70s. Impressionists were obsessed with light and the way it affected surfaces. They were also interested in the way light creates colours and shadows on objects. Cadell lived a worked in Edinburgh and was part of an art movement called
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