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Page 1: Roy Lichtenstein - hurstgreen.e-sussex.sch.uk · Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in America. He became famous for his colourful pop art paintings and comic book
Page 2: Roy Lichtenstein - hurstgreen.e-sussex.sch.uk · Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in America. He became famous for his colourful pop art paintings and comic book

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923

in America.

He became famous for his

colourful pop art paintings and

comic book style.

Photo courtesy of Eric Koch (@commons.wikimedia.org) - granted under creative commons licence

Page 3: Roy Lichtenstein - hurstgreen.e-sussex.sch.uk · Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in America. He became famous for his colourful pop art paintings and comic book

Is it real?

What is this?

Photo courtesy of Centaralasian (@Flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence

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Look again!

This is a painting by

Roy Lichtenstein

What do you

notice?

Photo courtesy of Luis Tamayo (@Flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence

Page 5: Roy Lichtenstein - hurstgreen.e-sussex.sch.uk · Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in America. He became famous for his colourful pop art paintings and comic book

Pop Art is… …art based on popular things of the time…

…such as everyday objects

and adverts.

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Comic Strip Art

Lichtenstein made paintings

inspired by comics but…

…unlike the paintings, they are

enormous!

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Ben Day Dots

Lichtenstein used this dotty

technique…

…to build up colour and

texture like a comic book.

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Page 8: Roy Lichtenstein - hurstgreen.e-sussex.sch.uk · Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in America. He became famous for his colourful pop art paintings and comic book

…Lichtenstein used few

colours in his paintings.

Clever Colours

Just like the comics of the

day…

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This sculpture is called House 1.

Sculptures

Lichtenstein made sculptures too.

Photo courtesy of Ed Uthman (@Flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence

Page 10: Roy Lichtenstein - hurstgreen.e-sussex.sch.uk · Roy Lichtenstein Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in America. He became famous for his colourful pop art paintings and comic book

Sculptures

This sculpture is called

Brushstrokes.

What do you notice?

Photo courtesy of Pierre Dalbera (@Flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence

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Lichtenstein Today Lichtenstein is very popular

today.

One of his paintings sold for

more than 55 million dollars in

2013.

All of these items have been

inspired by Lichtenstein.

Photo courtesy of Binary Koala, George Redgrave, Steve Wilde, museumatfit (@Flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licence

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Lichtenstein Today

Which is your favourite piece of

artwork by Lichtenstein?

Tell your partner which one you like and why.

Photo courtesy of Christopher Becker, Centralasian, Bosc d’Anjou (@Flickr.com) - granted under creative commons licencet

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