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Basic Data
- Born: 27 October 1923
- Place of birth: New York City, USA
- Died on: 29 September 1997
- Nationality: American
- Studied at: Ohio State University School of Fine Arts, Cité Universitaire Paris
- Teachers: Hoyt L. Sherman
- Similar artists: Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Indiana, Jim Dine
- Era: Modern art
- Stylistic direction: Pop art
Exhibitions
- 04.04.2022 - 05.06.2022 Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making – Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus.
- 27.11.2021 - 08.05.2022 Pop Art | From Warhol To Panamarenko – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent.
- 24.09.2021 - 09.01.2022 The Cool and the Cold. Malerei aus den USA und der UdSSR 1960–1990 – Gropius Bau, Berlin.
- 19.06.2021 - 12.09.2021 Sweet Lies. Fiktionen der Zugehörigkeit - Ludwig Forum, Aachen.
- 19.06.2021 - 12.09.2021 Lovely Creatures - Tiere, Monster, Menschen in der Kunst - Ludwig Forum, Aachen.
- 29.05.2021 - 22.11.2021 Acrimboldo Face to Face – Centre Pompidou-Metz, Paris.
- 07.05.2021 - ∞ Wonderland – Albertina, Vienna.
- 05.03.2021 - 04.04.2021 Roy Lichtenstein – Broad Art Museum, East Lansing.
- 23.01.2021 - 24.05.2021 Nachleuchten. Nachglühen - Kunsthaus Baselland.
- 01.07.2020 - 25.04.2021 MISFITTING TOGETHER - MUMOK Wien, Vienna.
- 20.06.2020 - 23.08.2020 Mapping the Collection – Museum Ludwig Köln, Cologne.
- 03.04.2020 - 26.07.2020 Pop on Paper. Von Warhol bis Lichtenstein – Kulturforum Berlin/ Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
- 08.02.2020 - 14.06.2020 Sight Seeing – Kunsthalle Emden.
- 08.11.2019 - 15.03.2020 Der montierte Mensch / The Assembled Human - Museum Folkwang, Essen.
- 06.11.2019 - 11.01.2020 ACCROCHAGE - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne.
- 01.09.2019 - 31.12.2019 Westkunst - Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection - Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest.
- 18.05.2019 - 18.08.2019 Frozen Gesture. Gesten in der Malerei - Kunst Museum Winterthur.
- 09.06.2018 - 22.04.2019 ZERO - Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart.
- 12.07.2018 - 14.10.2018 A Tale of Two Worlds - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.
- 09.12.2017 - 21.05.2018 AMERICA! AMERICA! HOW REAL IS REAL? - Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden.
- 01.11.2017 - 04.11.2018 From the Collection: Artists at Mid to Late Career - The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
- 21.06.2017 - 19.08.2017 ROY LICHTENSTEIN (Manhattan 1923 – 1997 Manhattan) - Galerie Boisserée, Cologne.
- 09.03.2017 - 18.06.2017 The American Dream - pop to the present - British Museum, London.
- 19.03.2016 - 24.07.2016 From Kandinsky to Pollock. The Art of the Guggenheim Collections - Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
- 24.02.2016 - 15.05.2016 International Pop - Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.
- 17.09.2015 - 24.01.2016 The EY Exhibition: The World Goes Pop - Tate Modern, London.
- 11.07.2015 - 18.10.2015 American Icons: Masterworks from SFMOMA and the Fisher Collection - Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
- 26.06.2014 - 31.01.2015 Roy Lichtenstein: Intimate Sculptures - FLAG Art Foundation, New York.
Awards
- 1996: Honorary doctorate in fine arts from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
- 1995: Kyoto Prize, Kyoto.
- 1993: Amici de Barcelona Award, L’Alcalde de Barcelona.
- 1991: Creative Arts Award, Brandeis University.
- 1979: Honorary doctorate in fine arts from Southampton College, New York.
- 1953: Award for woodcut at Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition, Ohio State University.
- 1951: Museum Purchase Award, Brooklyn Museum.
Films
- Roy Lichtenstein. Documentation by Chris Hunt, 51 min, USA 1991.
- Roy Lichtenstein. Porträt, Documentation by Michael Blackwood, 43 min, Germany 1975.
Literature
- Roy Lichtenstein: 1923-1997. Die Ironie des Banalen, Janis Hendrickson, Cologne 2016.
- Lichtenstein - posters, exhibition catalog, Jürgen Döring & Claus von der Osten, Munich, London, New York 2013.
- Roy Lichtenstein - black & white 1961 - 1968, exhibition catalog, Isabelle Dervaux (Publ.), Ostfildern 2011.
- Roy Lichtenstein: posters and more, exhibition catalog, Christine Vogt (Publ.), Oberhausen 2011.
- Roy Lichtenstein: Kunst als Motiv, exhibition catalog, Gianni Mercurio, Cologne 2010.
- Roy Lichtenstein und Ostasien, Karen Bandlow, Petersberg 2007.
- Die Parodie im Frühwerk Roy Lichtensteins: Comic-Gemälde 1961-1964, Eva Wattolik, Kromsdorf 2005.
- Roy Lichtenstein, classic of the new, exhibition catalog, Eckhard Schneider (Publ.), Cologne 2005.
- Roy Lichtenstein - Spiegelbilder 1963 - 1997, exhibition catalog, Gerard Hadders (Publ.), Ostfildern-Ruit 2000.
- Roy Lichtenstein, exhibition catalog, Delia Ciuha (Publ.), Ostfildern-Ruit 1998.
Collections
Germany
- Aachen - Ludwig Forum
- Berlin - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart
- Essen - Museum Folkwang
- Frankfurt/Main - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK)
England
- London - Tate Collection
Japan
- Tokyo - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Austria
- Vienna - Albertina
- Vienna - Leopold Museum
Spain
- Barcelona - Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA)
USA
- Boston - Museum of Fine Arts
- Detroit - Cranbrook Art Museum
- Los Angeles - Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- Los Angeles - The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
- Los Angeles - Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
- Milwaukee - Haggerty Museum of Art
- New York - The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
- San Diego - Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
- Washington - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Washington - National Gallery of Art
Weblinks
- Roy Lichtenstein Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
- Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Detailled biography.
