Roy Lichtenstein And Andy Warhol

During the 1950’s in both Britain and the United states a new art movement emerged under the title of pop art. To create pop art the artists would combine many images from popular culture. This included things such as advertisements or images from comic books and even things as simple as soup cans.. This material would sometimes be isolated and combined with other images that would have no visible correlations to each other. Pop art was widespread reaching countries from the United States to Japan. This rising culture of pop art gave way to two of the greatest artists of the modern era, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. One of the most notable and well known artists of this period was Andy Warhol. Warhol had humble beginnings, coming from an Eastern European immigrant family. He quickly rose to high society though as an adult and was the highest paid commercial illustrator in New York city before he even began to dabble in pop art. Once he began his adventure into pop art his works were instant hits. He created many notable works of art including 100 cans and Twenty-Five Colored Marilyns. Warhol’s works however stuck many people as cold and impersonal. …show more content…
Lichtenstein began his pop art adventures during the the 1960’s and quickly became one of the leading figures of the movement. His works defined the basics of pop art through the wide use of parody. Through observation of his work it can be seen that his main source of inspiration were comic books and the images contained within them. This source of inspiration can be seen in one of his most famous works, Drowning Girl. This piece of work was appropriated from Secret Hearts #83, a DC Comic. To make the piece appear to be created by photographic reproduction, Lichtenstein used techniques such as bold colors, Ben-Day dots, and thick outlines. These techniques were also used in many of his other