Friday, February 19, 2021

Mind Blowing Facts About Roy Lichtenstein and His Famous Pop Art

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about Roy Lichtenstein and his famous pop art. 


Here are some  facts about him;  He was born in 1923s in America. He got married on the 1st of November.  He died on the 29 September 1997 when he was 73. He loved two things comics and science. He put both of them together and made pop art. Lichtenstein made sculptures too. Lichtenstein is famous for his use of cartoon strips from american comic books which were very very popular in the 1950s. Roy Lichtenstein is a very famous artist. Lichtenstein was criticized for using very basic colours.  Lichtenstein used this dotty strategy to build colour and texture like a comic book


I predict in my drawing I am going to be using the ben day dots pattern and a few colours. 

Have you heard of Roy Lichtenstein before? Have you done pop art before? 



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