Water Lilies with Japanese Bridge
View Similar Items
Roy LichtensteinWater Lilies with Japanese Bridge1992
1992
About the Item
- Creator:Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997, American)
- Creation Year:1992
- Dimensions:Height: 84 in (213.36 cm)Width: 58 in (147.32 cm)
- Medium:Stainless Steel,Screen
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU56813894582
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein is one of the principal figures of the American Pop art movement, along with Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg and Robert Rauschenberg.
Drawing inspiration from comic strips, Lichtenstein appropriated techniques commercial printing in his paintings, introducing a vernacular sensibility to the visual landscape of contemporary art. He employed visual elements such as the halftone dots that comprise a printed image, and a comic-inspired use of primary colors gave his paintings their signature “Pop” palette.
Born and raised in New York City, Lichtenstein enjoyed Manhattan’s myriad cultural offerings and comic books in equal measure. He began painting seriously as a teenager, studying watercolor painting at the Parsons School of Design in the late 1930s, and later at the Art Students League, where he worked with American realist painter Reginald Marsh. He began his undergraduate education at Ohio State University in 1940, and after a three-year stint in the United States Army during World War II, he completed his bachelor’s degree and then his master’s in fine arts. The roots of Lichtenstein’s interest in the convergence of high art and popular culture are evident even in his early years in Cleveland, where in the late 1940s, he taught at Ohio State, designed window displays for a department store and painted his own pieces.
Working at the height of the Abstract Expressionist movement in the 1950s, Lichtenstein deliberately eschewed the sort of painting that was held in high esteem by the art world and chose instead to explore the visual world of print advertising and comics. This gesture of recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context would become a trademark of Lichtenstein’s artistic style, as well as a vehicle for his critique of the concept of good taste. His 1963 painting Whaam! confronts the viewer with an impact scene from a 1962-era issue of DC Comics’ All American Men of War. Isolated from its larger context, this image combines the playful lettering and brightly colored illustration of the original comic with a darker message about military conflict at the height of the Cold War. Crying Girl from the same year featured another of Lichtenstein’s motifs — a woman in distress, depicted with a mixture of drama and deadpan humor. His work gained a wider audience by creating a comic-inspired mural for the New York State Pavilion of the 1964 World's Fair, he went on to be represented by legendary New York gallerist Leo Castelli for 30 years.
In the 1970s and ’80s, Lichtenstein experimented with abstraction and began exploring basic elements of painting, as in this 1989 work Brushstroke Contest. In addition to paintings in which the brushstroke itself became the central subject, in 1984 he created a large-scale sculpture called Brushstrokes in Flight for the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio. Still Life with Windmill from 1974 and the triptych Cow Going Abstract from 1982 both demonstrate a break from his earlier works where the subjects were derived from existing imagery. Here, Lichtenstein paints subjects more in line with the norms of art history — a pastoral scene and a still life — but he has translated their compositions into his signature graphic style, in which visual elements of printed comics are still a defining feature.
Lichtenstein’s work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and many others. He was awarded National Medal of Arts in 1995, two years before he passed away.
Find a collection of Roy Lichtenstein prints, drawings and more on 1stDibs.
- Shimmer and Shine New York City Skyline, Large Statement Art, Cityscape PrintBy Clare HalifaxLocated in Deddington, GBClare Halifax Shimmer and Shine New York City Skyline Limited Edition Silkscreen Print Edition of 30 Image Size: H 100cm x W 33cm Sheet Size: H 110cm x W 37cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Shimmer and Sine New York City Line is a limited edition print by Clare Halifax. A depiction of the New York skyline from the Rockefeller of Manhattan, including the iconic Empire State Building. Clare Halifax is offering exclusive Cotswold screen prints with Wychwood Art as well as scenes of London and Oxford. Clare Halifax graduated from the University of Loughborough in 2000 with a BA Hons in Printed Textile design and went on to sell her work internationally to the fashion and interior markets...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsMetal
- Katie Edwards, Best Mates, Limited Edition Contemporary Artwork, Landscape PrintBy Katie EdwardsLocated in Deddington, GBKatie Edwards Best Mates Original Silkscreen print with hand painted layers Mounted Size: H 40.5cm x W 50.8cm Free Shipping Please note that in situ images are purely an indication o...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsCopper
- A little Bit of London and A little bit of Canary Wharf diptychBy Jayson LilleyLocated in Deddington, GBA little Bit of London and A little bit of Canary Wharf diptych Overall size cm : H48 x W102 Jayson Lilley A little bit of Canary Wharf Limited Edition City Scape Print Hand pulled Screen Print with Gold Leaf, Finished with Pen and Ink on Archival Museum Board Size: H 24cm x W 51cm x Sold Unframed Edition of 50 (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.) Jayson Lilley A little Bit of London Limited Edition City Scape Art...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
MaterialsGold Leaf
- Jayson Lilley, From Greenwich Park II, Limited Edition Print, City Scape ArtBy Jayson LilleyLocated in Deddington, GBJayson Lilley From Greenwich Park II Limited Edition Print Edition of 39 Image Size: H 84cm x W 84cm Signed Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsGold Leaf
- Katie Edwards, London Gold II, London Art, Cityscape Art, Affordable ArtBy Katie EdwardsLocated in Deddington, GB‘London Gold II’ – Original Handmade Silk Screen Print on 24k Gold Leaf created by London artist, Katie Edwards. Sold UNFRAMED – framing ideas have been provided. (Please note that i...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsGold Leaf
- Shepard Fairey Icon Water Tower, Peace Tree, Big Brother Silkscreen Gold PrintsBy Shepard FaireyLocated in Draper, UTSilkscreen Print with Gold Metallic Inks 24 × 18 in 61 × 45.7 cm Edition 207/350 Set of 3 Covert to Overt prints: Icon Water Tower, Peace Tree, Big Brother. 18 x 24 inch screen prints on thick white cotton archival paper. Signed by Shepard Fairey and Jon Furlong. Edition Details Year: 2015 Class...Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
MaterialsGold