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Lichtenstein is a pop art painter whose works, in a style
derived from comic strips, portray the trivialization
of culture endemic in contemporary American life. Using
bright, strident colors and techniques borrowed from the
printing industry, he ironically incorporates mass-produced
emotions and objects into highly sophisticated references
to art history.
In the 1950's, Lichtenstein painted in a style derivative
of Abstract Expressionism, with subjects that ranged from
reproductions of famous paintings to commercial illustration.
In 1960, he moved to New Jersey to teach at Rutgers University
where he met fellow teachers Allan Kaprow and George Segal.
Lichtenstein, along with Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg,
was a pioneer figure in the American Pop Art movement,
which celebrated popular and commercial imagery.
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