Roy liechtenstein quick biography of thomas

Hi there! My name is Roy Lichtenstein. I am an artist who helped start the genre of Pop Art.

I was born in New York City in 1923.

Growing up, I was interested in drawing and science and the way mechanical things worked.

I lived near the American Museum of Natural History, so I spent hours exploring the exhibits of dinosaurs, plants, animals, bugs, mummies, stars and planets.

I read science magazines and listened to radio programs – if you can believe it, there was no such thing as television when I was a boy – and my favorite radio show was the science-fiction adventures of Flash Gordon.

In high school, I decided I wanted to be an artist, so I studied art in college at Ohio State University and became an art teacher.

I was influenced by Pablo Picasso…

…and Fernand Leger…

…because I liked the way they used solid colors…,

…flat shapes…,

…and thick outlines almost like comic books.

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