Roy LichtensteinAmerican, 1923–1997Storming the Castle
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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1996.56.8
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Roy Lichtenstein
The whole life1949
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.
![Untitled [pyramid], Roy Lichtenstein, c. 1970](https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/61776/2019_234_14_cropped.jpg)
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![Untitled [pyramid], Roy Lichtenstein, c. 1970](https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/61777/2019_234_15_cropped.jpg)
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