Monday marked the eleventh anniversary of the death of American artistRoy Lichtenstein(1923 - 1997 ) . Though Lichtenstein became synonymous with Pop Art , he also created more traditional painting , include conniption of the American West . Some other matter you may not jazz about him :
1.On February 9 , 1943 , Roy Lichtenstein entered active duty in the U.S. Army . Originally , he was going to do the Army Special Training Program ( ASTP ) for languages , but the Army cut the languages program . He then began the engineering ASTP with 24 calendar week of math and science class , only for the Army to offset that program . At Keesler Air Force Base , Lichtenstein start a pilot - education program , but , of course , that program was soon canceled , too . Finally , Lichtenstein help as a draftsperson and creative person , blow up toon from Stars & Strips and drawing maps .
2.In 1961 , one of Lichtenstein ’s two Son dispute his dad , head to a Mickey Mouse laughable book and charging,“I depend you ca n’t paint as good as that , eh , Dad?“In answer , Lichtenstein created " Look Mickey,“ his first work to sport large - scale consumption of hard - edged figures and Benday Department of Transportation — a method acting that would become his trademark style . ( Lichtensein incorporated " calculate Mickey " into his late painting , " Artist ’s Studio No . 1 , " demo above . )
3.While others may call Lichtenstein ’s workplace " Pop Art,“ he himself trace his oeuvre as " anti - experimental , and anti - contemplative , anti - nuance , anti - catch - away - from - the - despotism - of - the - rectangle , anti - movement - and - light , anti - mystery , anti - paint - quality , anti - Zen , andanti all of those smart as a whip ideas of premise movements which everyone understands so exhaustively . “
4.For the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , Lichtenstein was commissioned to createBarcelona Head , a 64 - foot - eminent sculpture made of colored ceramic tiles . The carving was installed on the web site of the naval yardwhere Christopher Columbus once dock his ship .
5 . TIME magazine featured Lichtenstein works on at least two covers . The first was a commissioned house painting of Robert F. Kennedy for theMay 24 , 1968 , issue . Just about a month later , a Lichtenstein interpretation of a gun , based on his 1964 " Pistol,“ accompanied the cover account , " The Gun in America . “
Thanks go out to reader Corrine for hint a mail on Roy Lichtenstein !
