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Roy Lichtenstein Biography
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1923
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Born in New York, NY
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1937
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Enrolled in Saturday morning watercolor classes at Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Played clarinet, piano, and jazz flute during high school
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1939
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Saw Picasso’s 1937 masterwork Guernica at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1940
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Studied at the Art Students League, New York, NY
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1943
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Inducted into US Army
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1944
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Served as a draftsman and artist in G-3 (Plans and Training)
His division was shipped to England, where he saw exhibitions of Cézanne and Toulouse Lautrec, London, UK
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1945
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His unit went to France, Belgium, Germany
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1946
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Honorable discharge from the army as Private First Class/121st Engineers P Battalion
Recipient, American Service Medal, Eame Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and World War II Victorious Medal
BFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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1949
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MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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1995
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Recipient, National Medal of the Arts
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1996
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Recipient, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from George Washington University, Washington, DC
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1997
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Died in New York, NY
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The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC (solo)
Roy Lichtenstein: Meditations on Art, Museo Triennale, Milan, Italy (solo)
Roy Lichtenstein: Still Lifes, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Roy Lichtenstein: Kunst als Motiv, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Roy Lichtenstein, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2009 |
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Lichtenstein: in Process, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN |
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2008 |
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Liebe. Love. Paare, Gustav-Lubcke-Museum, Hamm, Germany
Ruscha and Pop: Icons of the 1960s, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH |
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2007 |
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Art Market Now, The Columns, Seoul, South Korea
Pop Art Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK |
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2006 |
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Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art, The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT |
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2005 |
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Pollock To Pop: America's Brush With Dali, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Contemporary Voices, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland |
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2004 |
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Reina Sofía, Roy Lichtenstein, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Hayward Gallery, Roy Lichtenstein, London, England (solo)
Langen Foundation Hombroich, Bilder der Stille – Eröffnungsausstellung, Neuss, Germany
Kunst Haus, International Exhibition of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art, Dresden, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 20 years, Salzburg, Austria
Centre de Cultura Contemporània, AT WAR, Barcelona, Spain
Albertina, Pop Art & Minimalismus, Vienna, Austria
Neue Nationalgalerie, Das MoMA, Berlin, Germany
Moderna Museet, The Pontus Hultén Collection, Stockholm, Sweden
Wexner Center for the Arts, Splat Boom Pow!, Columbus, OH
Andipa Gallery, Dots, Stripes and Strokes, London, England (solo) |
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2003 |
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BA-CA Kunstforum, Roy Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo)
NRW-Forum, AUTO-NOM, Dusseldorf, Germany
Neue Galerie, SUPPORT 1 - Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung, Graz, Austria
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum kunst palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain |
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2002 |
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Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finaland (solo)
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany (solo)
Tate Liverpool, UK |
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2001 |
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Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY (solo)
Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Leo Castelli, New York, NY (solo) |
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2000 |
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Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1999 |
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Lawrence Rubin, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL (solo)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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1998 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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1994 |
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Roy Lichtenstein: Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo) |
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1993 |
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Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany (solo) |
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1987 |
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (solo)
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany |
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1975 |
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Centre national d'art contemporain, Paris, France
Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany |
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1972 |
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX |
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1969 |
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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1967 |
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Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netheralnds |
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1966 |
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH |
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1964 |
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Gallery Ileana Sonnabend, Paris, France |
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1962 |
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Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
New Realists, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
New Painting of Common Objects, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA |
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1951 |
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First one man show, New York, NY |
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Links to further information |
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