Indians in Battle

1949

Master’s degree and teaching in Ohio

Lichtenstein entered the graduate programme at Ohio State University and was hired as an art instructor, a post he held on and off for about ten years; in 1949 he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.

1 June 1949

Married: Isabel Sarisky

1951 · Workplace

Florida

1951

First solo exhibition at the Carlebach Gallery

In 1951 Lichtenstein had his first solo exhibition at the Carlebach Gallery in New York.

1951–1957

Six years in Cleveland and odd jobs

In 1951 Lichtenstein moved to Cleveland, where he stayed for six years, travelling back to New York often. Between periods of painting he took jobs as varied as draftsman and window decorator, and his work fluctuated between Cubism and Expressionism.