Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 - September 29, 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being "as artificial as possible."

Citations

• "Historically, copying the Masters was considered to be a part of the painter?s training, not the final product" by Rian Hughes, Eye Magazine
• Obituary in the Economist (subscription required)