Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Fox Lichtenstein (English: Roy Fox Lichtenstein /ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn/, October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American Pop Art artist. His works often feature cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Popeye, etc. as the protagonists. Later, he imitated popular comic strips and created a number of love paintings with girls as the theme and war paintings with aerial combat as the content. Lichtenstein has studied the works of Mondrian, Matisse, Cézanne, Monet, American de Kooning, Pallock, Remington and others, as well as Eastern art. He also invented the dot painting method. Known for parodying the works of other painters.