Pop Art portrays things from popular culture Pop Art portrays things from popular culture. That’s why it’s called Pop Art Pop Art began in the 1950s, but became very popular in the 1960s. It started in the United Kingdom, but became a true art movement in New York City with artists like Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns. pOP aRT

rOY LICHTENSTEIN Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 in New York. He went to a high school that did not offer art classes but he liked to draw and did so in his free time. After high school, Lichtenstein went to Ohio State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in fine art. rOY LICHTENSTEIN

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In 1961, Lichtenstein created his first Pop Art painting. He liked the way commercial art looked and he liked the sharp, black outlines in comic book art.

Thick, Horizontal Stripes. Benday Dots. Benday Dots were originally used for printing pictures inexpensively. You’ll notice that the faces of the people in many of his paintings are made up of Benday Dots.

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He drew inspiration from cartoons, newspapers, advertisements, and things he saw in real life (like his art studio). He used this inspiration to create enormous paintings as well as sculptures. Lichtenstein died in 1997.

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