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Roy Lichtenstein

1923 - 1997

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Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960's, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Lichtenstein has received more than 3,890,515 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Roy Lichtenstein is the 15th most popular artist (up from 17th in 2019), the 459th most popular biography from United States (up from 527th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Artist.

Roy Lichtenstein is most famous for his pop art paintings. He used the comic book technique of Ben-Day dots to create his paintings.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Roy Lichtenstein ranks 15 out of 125. Before him are Anders Zorn, Hiroshige, Joseph Beuys, Yves Klein, Jean Arp, and Käthe Kollwitz. After him are Theo van Doesburg, El Lissitzky, Luca Signorelli, Marina Abramović, Kurt Schwitters, and Adolph Menzel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Roy Lichtenstein ranks 20. Before him are Irma Grese, Marcel Marceau, Nadine Gordimer, Mas Oyama, György Ligeti, and Val Logsdon Fitch. After him are Carroll Shelby, Franco Zeffirelli, Jack Kilby, Richard Attenborough, Yma Sumac, and Lee Teng-hui. Among people deceased in 1997, Roy Lichtenstein ranks 16. Before him are Victor Vasarely, Gianni Versace, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Paulo Freire, Melvin Calvin, and The Notorious B.I.G.. After him are Bohumil Hrabal, Chaim Herzog, Sviatoslav Richter, Hans Eysenck, William S. Burroughs, and Fred Zinnemann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Lichtenstein ranks 459 out of 20,380. Before him are Viggo Mortensen (1958), Diana Ross (1944), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), William G. Morgan (1870), and Danny Trejo (1944). After him are Robert Zemeckis (1952), Ralph Lauren (1939), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Bryan Cranston (1956), and Douglas Engelbart (1925).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Roy Lichtenstein ranks 2. Before him are Andy Warhol (1928). After him are Keith Haring (1958), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Barnett Newman (1905), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Jeff Koons (1955), Bill Viola (1951), Judy Chicago (1939), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), Vito Acconci (1940), and Robert Indiana (1928).

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