Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist best known for his boldly-colored parodies of comic strips and advertisements. 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.
About Stretcher Frame with Cross Bars, Plate III – Roy Lichtenstein – Pop Art Painting
Mastering an ambitious array of subjects, from portraits to landscapes, and still lifes, in his signature style through various mediums, Roy Lichtenstein’s work is indebted to our perception of art—both high and low. As was central to Pop Art’s mandate, Lichtenstein cultivated images from mass media, yet he maintained a fascination with the history of art as a subject for which to advance Pop ideas in an historical context. Not dissimilar to Cézanne, Picasso, and Mondrian—all whose imagery Lichtenstein appropriated and transformed into his own—Lichtenstein grew a vast interest in how we see and organize our perceptions. “These paintings are flat and frontal, deceptive and undistinguished simultaneously,” described critic Lawrence Alloway. “The illusion depends on the identity of format and subject in the stretcher frames, but the unyielding contours and emphatic black and yellow dots draw attention to the abjectness of the work itself”
About the Posters
Stretcher Frame with Cross Bars, Plate III – Roy Lichtenstein – Pop Art Painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Our posters are produced on acid-free 220 GSM papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a sufficent white border around the image to allow for future framing, if desired. Product will be shipped in 2-3 days