Roy Lichtenstein once said: “I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental. The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.” Lichtenstein defied traditional good taste and ...

One clue in the show is that just before he made the rag-painted abstractions, Lichtenstein made a series of drawings that combined free-flowing Abstract-Expressionist gestures with images of Bugs ...

Recognized for his masterful ability to turn comic strip aesthetics into high art, Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) was a pioneering force in Pop art, along with peers like James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, ...

Roy Lichtenstein Foundation records and Roy Lichtenstein papers, circa 1901-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Roy Lichtenstein Foundation records and Roy Lichtenstein papers Roy ...

ROY LICHTENSTEIN ACTUALLY looks a little like Marcel Duchamp. The American artist is thin, fine-featured, evenhanded and soft-spoken. So was the late French dadaist. And both were accused of doing ...

What was pop art pioneer Roy Lichtenstein doing before he created celebrated works such as “Look Mickey,” “Drowning Girl” and “Whaam!?” Quite a lot it turns out, as can be seen in a new exhibit at the ...

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As a young girl, Enid Liess rode the "L" to the Art Institute of Chicago every week for classes. Afterward, she wandered through the museum for hours. Her eye was trained early to recognize good ...

Barnett’s patient digging over years of on-and-off research unearthed narrative gold. He won the confidence of and access to members of Wilson’s family — no easy task given her alcoholism, which led ...

He painted tiny reproductions of works by Warhol, Lichtenstein, Duchamp and many others, raising questions about originality and creativity. By Richard Sandomir A gregarious yet humble co-founder of ...