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Happy Birthday Roy Lichtenstein

Posted in Little Known Facts, tagged , on October 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »

250px-In_the_Car300px-Roy_Lichtenstein_WhaamAmerican artist Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City on October 27, 1923, and grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. In the 1960s, Lichtenstein became a leading figure of the new Pop Art movement. Inspired by advertisements and comic strips, Lichtenstein’s bright, graphic works parodied American popular culture and the art world itself. He died in New York City on September 29, 1997.  Read more about him here.

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Pollack and Lichtenstein Sells for Record Amounts

Posted in daily painter, tagged , on May 19, 2013| 1 Comment »

Jackson Pollock "Number 19, 1948"

Jackson Pollock
“Number 19, 1948”

A record $58.4 million was paid for a Jackson Pollock drip painting on Wednesday at Christie’s in New York.  Featuring a mixture of silver, black, white, red and green, “Number 19, 1948″  was expected to bring about $25 – 35 million but instead set a new auction record for a Pollock.  This painting is often recognized as a point when Pollock’s drip style really took off.  It was made during a three-year period when he had a burst of creativity  that helped to change the history of 20th Century art.

Roy Lichtenstein "Woman with Flowered Hat"

Roy Lichtenstein
“Woman with Flowered Hat”

At the same auction Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein’s “Woman with Flowered Hat” sold for $56.1 million.  This work, not typical of the comic-strip style paintings that he often did, is his parody of the cubism of Picasso.

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