B. 1937

Roy Lichtenstein is iconic thanks to his playful adaptation of comic book stylings in the early 60s. Lichtenstein remains relevant with the years thanks to his playful use of graphics and use of cliche imagery from commercial advertisements. One of Lichtenstein’s “calling cards” is his use of Ben-Day dots in an effort to give impressionism an industrialist feel. His art is currently still on view in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Exhibitions:

-Tate Gallery, 1964

-Pasadena Art Museum, 1967

-Guggenheim Museum, 1969, 1994

-MoMA, 1987

-Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark), 2003

-Morgan Library and Museum, 2010

-Art Institute of Chicago, 2012