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Lichtenstein

Lichtenstein

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An American painter famous for pop art in a comic strip style
  • proper noun
  • /ˈlɪk.tən.staɪn/
: Lichtenstein
  • A torn and tattered Roy Lichtenstein painting hangs crooked on a wall.
  • Roy Lichtenstein
  • Warhol and Lichtenstein
  • Rauschenberg and Lichtenstein

And so this is Roy Lichtenstein's pointillism.

Examples

  • And so this is Roy Lichtenstein's pointillism.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • A perpetual tease, Lichtenstein never lets us see the rest of the comic.

    Blog text (2)

  • OUT OF NEW YORK: Roy Lichtenstein, age 42.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Next, we have lot number 84 the painting by Lichtenstein.

    Still of the Night (1982)

  • Today, most people are familiar with romance comics primarily through the work of Roy Lichtenstein, who appropriated panels from post-Code comics for his Pop Art paintings.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Alex and I went to the fabulous Lichtenstein exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.

  • The result is the 50-foot-tall sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein, part of the artist's series called 'Five Brushstrokes.'

  • By the '60s, American Pop Art figures like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein had crossed his horizon.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Lichtenstein comes from old German words meaning 'light' (licht) and 'stone' (stein), and it was probably first used as a place or family name. So to remember the painter Roy Lichtenstein, think of the name as 'light stone' — a simple, bright image that helps you recall his bold, comic-book style.