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Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein

Whaam!

Roy Lichtenstein · 1963

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DETAILS
Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
Date
1963
Location
Tate
Culture
Iceland
ART MOVEMENTS
Pop ArtPostmodernism
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THE ARTIST

Roy Lichtenstein

1923–1997 · United States

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American artist. A leading figure of the Pop Art movement, he is best known for his large-scale paintings inspired by comic books, advertisements, and mass-produced imagery. Lichtenstein's art is represented in major museum collections worldwide, and he remains one of the most influential and recognizable artists of the 20th century.

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Beyond Lichtenstein and Postmodernism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Whaam! belongs to.

Sun Spot Same movement · Pop Art Sun Spot Yayoi Kusama · 1953 · Art Institute of Chicago Greyed Rainbow Same era · 1940s–1970s Greyed Rainbow Jackson Pollock · 1953 · Art Institute of Chicago Four Mona Lisas Same movement · Pop Art Four Mona Lisas Andy Warhol · 1978 · Art Institute of Chicago Essai Same era · 1940s–1970s Essai Sam Francis · 1963 · Art Institute of Chicago La grande bellezza Same era · 1940s–1970s La grande bellezza Pierre Alechinsky · 1965 Impregnazione Same era · 1940s–1970s Impregnazione Piero Manzoni · 1958 Nude Model (Male) Same era · 1940s–1970s Nude Model (Male) Andy Warhol · 1977 · Art Institute of Chicago Captain Joseph Medill Patterson Same era · 1940s–1970s Captain Joseph Medill Patterson Ivan Puni · 1962 · Art Institute of Chicago
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