From the artist's life
Lichtenstein hand-painted the tiny Ben-Day dots of cheap comic printing — turning a mass-production shortcut into painstaking fine art.
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Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) was a leader of American Pop art, who turned comic-strip panels into monumental paintings complete with Ben-Day dots and speech bubbles. He made mass-media imagery into high art.
Lichtenstein's cool, mechanical comic style became one of the defining looks of Pop art.
- A leader of American Pop art.
- Turned comic strips into monumental paintings.
- Hand-painted the Ben-Day dots of comic printing.
Key works
Where to start
Complete list of key works
Works with a dedicated ArtAtlas page are highlighted in gold.
- Whaam!On ArtAtlas
- Look MickeyListed for reference
- Girl with BallListed for reference
- I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!Listed for reference
- Takka TakkaListed for reference
- Girl with Hair RibbonListed for reference
- BlamListed for reference
- Engagement RingListed for reference
- Times Square MuralListed for reference
- Electric CordListed for reference
- Ten Dollar BillListed for reference
1963
Whaam!
Lichtenstein enlarged a panel from a 1962 DC war comic almost verbatim, to two metres wide.