Roy Lichtenstein
Contemporary art market roars in New York
Nov 15, 2012 19:46 EST
Christie's and Sotheby's racked up close to a billion dollars this week in just two New York sales of contemporary art, making one small corner of the world appear as if the global financial crisis had never happened.
$40.4 million Kline work sets record at Christie's
Nov 14, 2012 22:46 EST
A canvas of violent black brushstrokes by abstract expressionist Franz Kline sold for $40.4 million at Christie's in New York, setting a new record by far for the artist.
Pop Art painting, missing for 42 years, returns to owner
Oct 16, 2012 19:18 EDT
A $4 million painting by Pop Art legend Roy Lichtenstein was returned Tuesday to its rightful owner, 42 years after it went missing, the FBI said.
Pop Art genius Lichtenstein gets major US retrospective
Oct 09, 2012 19:09 EDT
Roy Lichtenstein, the American painter whose comic book-inspired canvases gave the Pop Art movement some of its most vivid images, is getting his first major retrospective since his death 15 years ago.
Re-discovered photos by Dennis Hopper go on show
Sep 20, 2012 14:29 EDT
Hundreds of photos taken by American actor Dennis Hopper in the 1960s and found by chance after his death went on display for the first time in four decades Thursday at a Berlin museum.
Whaam! Lichtenstein retrospective opens in Chicago
May 21, 2012 06:24 EDT
The colorful, comic dots of Pop art icon Roy Lichtenstein burst off the walls at the first retrospective since his death in 1997.
Whaam! Lichtenstein retrospective opens in Chicago
May 20, 2012 14:26 EDT
The colorful, comic dots of Pop art icon Roy Lichtenstein burst off the walls at the first retrospective since his death in 1997.
'Orange' painting squeezes record $86.9 million
May 09, 2012 04:40 EDT
A sunset-colored painting by Mark Rothko became the world's most expensive contemporary art work when it fetched $86.9 million in a stunningly lucrative auction at Christie's in New York.
'Orange' painting squeezes record $86.9 million
May 08, 2012 22:54 EDT
A sunset-colored painting by Mark Rothko became the world's most expensive contemporary art work when it fetched $86.9 million in a stunningly lucrative auction at Christie's in New York.
Christie's seeks art lovers with money to burn
May 04, 2012 15:12 EDT
Setting fire to art in Christie's posh Manhattan showrooms would usually get you arrested. But when a senior auctioneer lit up a $1 million art work Friday -- that was the point.
'Scream' set to make noise at New York art auction
Apr 28, 2012 09:02 EDT
The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is estimated to sell for at least $80 million at Sotheby's next week as the star of the New York spring art auctions.
'Scream' set to make noise at New York art auction
Apr 27, 2012 16:44 EDT
The only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is estimated to sell for at least $80 million at Sotheby's next week as the star of the New York spring art auctions.
Bardot-themed art trove to be sold in London
Mar 13, 2012 08:55 EDT
The art collection of the late German-born playboy Gunter Sachs, featuring works celebrating his obsession with his former wife Brigitte Bardot, is to be auctioned in London on May 22-23.
Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl" to be sold at auction
Feb 24, 2012 09:58 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roy Lichtenstein's comic book-inspired painting "Sleeping Girl," is expected to fetch up to $40 million when it is sold at auction in New York in May, Sotheby's said on Friday.
New York art auctions see record prices
Nov 10, 2011 00:03 EST
The stunning $61.7 million sale of a painting by American abstract artist Clyfford Still capped a week of record prices at auctions in New York, despite turmoil in the world's financial markets.
Roy Lichtenstein canvas pops $43 million record
Nov 08, 2011 22:03 EST
A Pop Art canvas by Roy Lichtenstein, "I Can See the Whole Room!... and There's Nobody in It!," popped previous world records for the landmark contemporary artist when it sold for $43.2 million in New York.
Picasso takes lead in big New York art sales
Oct 30, 2011 12:40 EDT
Christie's and Sotheby's hold their big autumn art sales in New York starting next week, with both houses looking to Pablo Picasso to excite a robust market.
Works by Lichtenstein, Degas lead NY art auctions
Oct 28, 2011 10:59 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With financial markets remaining stubbornly shaky, auction houses in New York are gearing up for critical fall auctions which feature several works each poised to fetch $30 million or more.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Roy Lichtenstein | |
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| Roy Lichtenstein, 1985 | |
| Born | October 27, 1923 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 29, 1997 (aged 73) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Painting, Sculpture |
| Training | Ohio State University |
| Movement | Pop Art |
