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Roy Lichtenstein's Biography |
1923 - 1997 1923 Born in New York, New York 1940 Studies at Art Student's League, New York (summer); enters Ohio State University, Columbus 1943-46 Serves in the U.S. Army in Europe 1946 Returns to Ohio State University; receives B.F.A. 1949 Receives M.F.A. from Ohio State University, continues as instructor until 1951 1951-57 Works on various free-lance design jobs in Cleveland while painting 1957-60 Teaches at New York State College of Education, Oswego, New York 1960-63 Teaches at Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1964 Moves to New York City; resigns from Rutgers to devote full time to painting 1979 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters 1997 Dies September 29, New York Selected Exhibitions and Releases 2002 Included in exhibition, Modern and Contemporary Art, Richard Gray Galler 4y, Chicago, IL Included in exhibition, Images of Women, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA Included in exhibition, From Stone to Foam, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York 2001 Included in Exhibition, Thirty-Five Drawings, Richard Gray Gallery, New York 1999 Roy Lichtenstein: Sculpture and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1994 Traveling retrospective exhibition, A Retrospective of the Prints of Roy Lichtenstein, originating at the National Gallery, Washington, D.C 1993 Retrospective exhibition, Roy Lichtenstein, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 1991 Included in traveling exhibition, Seven Master Printmakers: Innovations in the Eighties, the Museum of Modern Art, New York; included in exhibition, Back to the Future: International Prints, 1985-1991, at Australian National Galle ry, Canberra 1990 Solo exhibition, Roy Lichtenstein: La Grafica, at Modern and Contemporary Museum Trento, Italy 1989 Included in traveling exhibition, First Impressions: Early Prints by Forty-six Contemporary Artists, originating at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1987 Traveling retrospective exhibition, The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein, originating at the Museum of Modern Art, New York 1986 Included in traveling exhibition, After Matisse, organized by Independent Curators, New York 1980 Traveling retrospective exhibition, Roy Lichtenstein 1970-1980, originating at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri 1978 Solo exhibition, Roy Lichtenstein: The Modern Work 1965-1970, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts 1975 Retrospective drawing exhibition, Dessi n Sans Bande, Centre national d'art contemporain, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France 1966 Represents United States at the 33rd Venice Biennale 1962 First solo exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Selected Museums Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California Louisiana Museum, Humblebaek, Denmark Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Modern Art, New York National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, California San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California Tate Gallery, London Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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