Background&style
- Lichtenstein used the Ben-Day dots technique to adopt a form of style from contemporary comics (such as the still famous in modern times, DC Comics)
- Humorously, some scholars suggest that he adopted his style when his younger son was reading a Mickey Mouse Comic book and jokingly remarked to his father, "Bet you can't make paint as that, eh, Dad?" He was then motivated to take on the challenge into pushing forth effort to become a successful artist.
- It was then, after he began to use his signature theme for some time, that his artworks were beginning to become displayed in art galleries all around the city of New York.
- In 1996, Lichtenstein donated over 150 prints and 2 books to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., making them the largest single repository for Lichtenstein's artworks.
- MANY commissions came his way that offered much opportunity to the famous artist...some of these commissions consisted of:
- Commissioned by Gunter Sachs to create two pieces of artworks for the collector's famous Pop Art bedroom suite at a Palace Hotel.
- The 26 feet tall Brushstrokes in Flight at Port Columbus International Airport.
- 1977, he was commissioned by BMW to paint a Racing Version of a BMW model for an installment in the BMW Project.
- The DreamWorks Record logo was his last completed project.
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