Lichtenstein's Art Pieces
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Look, Mickey- 1961
Lichtenstein used the children's book, Donald Duck: Lost and Found for one of his first pop art pieces. He used primary colors and black outlines on Donald and Mickey simplifying the character's features and rotated the view by 90 degrees. Lichtenstein also added the thought bubble to add a joke to the painting. He did get backlash for this painting because it was seen as “counterfeiting” due to him taking this art piece from an already known book.
Blam- 1962
The primary colors used in the painting help layout the suspenseful moment that is occurring in the painting. In the painting we see a plane that has flipped over with a primary color explosion in the back and in the right bottom corner we see that the pilot is being ejected from the plane. The audience is left in suspense on whether the pilot survived or not.
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Brattata- 1962
This painting originally was in “All- American Men of War #89”. Lichtenstein enlarged the comic and used Ben-Day dots and primary colors for this painting. We are close to the main character in the painting like his prior painting “In the Car”. We do get some context in the painting, but it is just enough to leave us in suspense.
Whaam!- 1963
Lichtenstein used the 1962 DC comic “All American Men of War”. The painting depicts a fighter jet and an exploding missile. He uses primary colors and primary colors such as yellow and red to contrast the dark colors. He got rid of the writing found in front of the jet and another thought bubble. This is another example where Lichtenstein doesn’t give context to his artwork.
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In the Car- 1963
In the Car is taken from the comic “Girls’ Romances”. Lichtenstein used primary colors and solid black lines to make the lighter colors pop. He enlarged the painting and got rid of a thought bubble that was in the original comic. The painting depicts something dramatic and personal happening between both characters, but we are just shown the scene from a person looking in without much context
Drowning Girl- 1963
Roy Lichtenstein was inspired by the 1962 DC comic “Secret Love #83”. He excluded a lot of the background and decided to only focus on the female lead. Also changing the name of the male lead from “Mal” to “Brad” and reducing a lot of the caption capturing her sadness but leaving the audience confused about the context. Created the piece by copying the original comic and altering it towards his artistic style using primary colors, patterns, and Benday dots.
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M-Maybe -1965
Lichtenstein used the 1962 DC comic “All American Men of War”. The painting depicts a fighter jet and an exploding missile. He uses primary colors and primary colors such as yellow and red to contrast the dark colors. He got rid of the writing found in front of the jet and another thought bubble. This is another example where Lichtenstein doesn’t give context to his artwork.