Roy Lichtenstein Biography

American painter, sculptor and printmaker, and one of the most popular Pop artists, of all time.

Trained at the Art Students League in New York and then at Ohio State University, Columbus, initially worked in Abstract Expressionist style. After changing to Pop art, his first solo-exhibition was held at the Leo Castelli Gallery, in New York.

Similar to other Pop artists of his time, he used images from the commercial world, but in his own personal style. His most characteristic works are where he creates comic strips in very large formats, while emphasizing the primary colors and the dots associated with the low cost comic book printing. Example of such artwork includes Whaam! at the Tate Gallery, London. He later began creating Pop versions of artworks by several modern art masters, like Mondrian.

He has also been associated with several large-scale public commissions, such as Mermaid at the Theatre of Performing Arts, Miami and Mural with Blue Brushstrokes, at the Equitable Building, New York.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2004
Madrid, Reina Sofía, Roy Lichtenstein
London, Hayward Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein
Neuss, Langen Foundation Hombroich, Bilder der Stille – Eröffnungsausstellung
Dresden, Kunst Haus, International Exhibition of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art
Salzburg, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 20 years
Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporània, AT WAR
Vienna, Albertina, Pop Art & Minimalismus
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Das MoMA in Berlin
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, The Pontus Hultén Collection
Columbus, OH, Wexner Center for the Arts, Splat Boom Pow!

2003
Humlebæk/Copenhagen, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Roy Lichtenstein
Vienna, BA-CA Kunstforum, Roy Lichtenstein
New York, Metropolitan Museum, Roy Lichtenstein
Dusseldorf, NRW-Forum, AUTO-NOM
Graz, Neue Galerie, SUPPORT 1 - Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Gunter Sachs
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Mid-Century Masterworks from the Collection
Dusseldorf, museum kunst palast, The Power of Pop
Aachen, Ludwig Forum, aufgeschraubt und abgestaubt
Bilbao, Guggenheim, Jasper Johns to Jeff Koons

2002
Helsinki, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst
Munich, Galerie Terminus
Liverpool, Tate, Shopping

2001
New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash
New York, Gagosian Gallery - Madison
New York, Leo Castelli

2000
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery

1999
Zurich, Lawrence Rubin
Miami, Bass Museum of Art
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

1998
Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art

1994
Retrospective. Guggenheim New York, NY

1993
Lüdenscheid, Galerie Friebe

1987
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle

1975
Centre national d'art contemporain, Paris
Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin

1972
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

1969
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

Guggenheim Museum, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Australia
Art Institute of Chicago
Tate Gallery, London
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
National Galleries of Scotland

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