As a boy, Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by advertisements and comic strips. Lichtenstein was able to make his art work look like it was printed off a giant printer. He was recognized as one of the leaders in the Pop Art movement which included Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenbirg. Lichtenstein’s art provoked debate over the ideas of originality and the fine line between fine art and entertainment.
Roy Lichtenstein’s most famous works would be his collection of comic strips, which are very close but not an exact copies of the panels from the comic books. He used oil and paint in these works of art. Instead of using the three primary colors which are red, yellow, and blue; Lichtenstein uses the primary colors that a printer uses which are yellow, magenta, and cyan. He uses think lines, bolder colors than the original, and ben-day dots just like a printer would make on paper. An example of one of his best works of art is Drowning Girl (1963). “Which came from a story from DC Comics’ Secret Hearts …show more content…
Drowning Girl was painted in 1963; the medium is oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas. The size of the painting 675/8 x 663/4. “The source for this work is Run for Love! published by DC Comics in 1962, the cover of which the artist significantly altered to arrive at the finished composition. In the original illustration, the drowning girl’s boyfriend appears in the background, clinging to a capsized boat. Lichtenstein cropped the image dramatically, showing the girl alone and encircled by a threatening wave. He changed the caption from “I don’t care if I have a cramp!” to “I don’t care!” and the boyfriend’s name from Mal to Brad. In addition to appropriating comic books’ melodramatic content, Lichtenstein manually simulated the Benday dots used in the mechanical reproduction of images.” Roy Lichtenstein’s Drowning Girl actually came from DC Comic Secret Hearts #83 Run for
Roy Lichtenstein’s most famous works would be his collection of comic strips, which are very close but not an exact copies of the panels from the comic books. He used oil and paint in these works of art. Instead of using the three primary colors which are red, yellow, and blue; Lichtenstein uses the primary colors that a printer uses which are yellow, magenta, and cyan. He uses think lines, bolder colors than the original, and ben-day dots just like a printer would make on paper. An example of one of his best works of art is Drowning Girl (1963). “Which came from a story from DC Comics’ Secret Hearts …show more content…
Drowning Girl was painted in 1963; the medium is oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas. The size of the painting 675/8 x 663/4. “The source for this work is Run for Love! published by DC Comics in 1962, the cover of which the artist significantly altered to arrive at the finished composition. In the original illustration, the drowning girl’s boyfriend appears in the background, clinging to a capsized boat. Lichtenstein cropped the image dramatically, showing the girl alone and encircled by a threatening wave. He changed the caption from “I don’t care if I have a cramp!” to “I don’t care!” and the boyfriend’s name from Mal to Brad. In addition to appropriating comic books’ melodramatic content, Lichtenstein manually simulated the Benday dots used in the mechanical reproduction of images.” Roy Lichtenstein’s Drowning Girl actually came from DC Comic Secret Hearts #83 Run for