Lichtenstein in 1967
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POP
ARTIST
ROSENQUIST
ANDY WARHOL JASPER JOHNS
PARODY
JAMES
COMIC
STRIP
TONGUE-IN-CHEEK
POP ART
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POP ART
DIPTYCH
ROY LICHTENSTEIN
COMIC-BOOK
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ONOMATOPOEIA
UNITED STATES ARMY
II
WAR
AS I OPENED FIRE
WORLD WAR
Drowning Girl (also known as Secret Hearts or I Don't Care! I'd Rather
Sink) is a 1963 painting in oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
by Roy Lichtenstein. Utilizing the conventions of comic book art,
a thought bubble conveys the thoughts of the figure, while Ben-Day
dots echo the effect of the mechanized printing process. It is one of
the most representative paintings of the pop art movement, and part
of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection since 1971. The
painting is considered among Lichtenstein's most significant works,
perhaps on a par with his acclaimed 1963 diptych Whaam!. Drowning
Girl has been described as a "masterpiece of melodrama", and is one
of the artist's earliest images depicting women in tragic situations, a
theme to which he often returned in the mid-1960s.
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MELODRAMA
WAVE OFF KANAGAWA
DC COMICS
PAINTERLY
JEAN ARP
HOKUSAI THE GREAT
JOAN MIRÓ
Lichtenstein was influenced
by many other artists
including Hokusai, Arp, and
Miro. Can you see any
connections between these
works, and if so, what are
they specifically? Discuss in
art table groups.
Oh, Jeff...I Love You, Too...But... (sometimes Oh, Jeff) is a
1964 oil and magna (acrylic resin paint) on canvas
painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Like many of Lichtenstein's
works its title comes from the speech balloon in the
painting. This work is among the most famous of his early
romance comic derivative works from the period when he
was adapting cartoons and advertisements into his style
via Ben-Day dots. The work is said to depict the classic
romance-comic story line of temporary adversity. This
particular example is one of several that is cropped so
closely that the hair flows beyond the edges of the
canvas. This was painted at the apex of Lichtenstein's use
of enlarged dots, cropping and magnification of the
original source. The tragic situations of his subjects makes
his works a popular draw at museums.
The “Ben Day” printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin Henry Day, Jr., (son
of 19th Century publisher Benjamin Henry Day) is a technique dating from 1879. Depending on
the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely spaced, widely
spaced or overlapping.
During this time in his career, Lichtenstein noted that "the things that I have
apparently parodied I actually admire.” The painting is one of four variations on
Picassos that Lichtenstein created during 1962 and 1963.
“There are some changes in this from the
Picasso, obviously complete changes all over,
but the more obvious ones: I've changed the
face-color to the pink dots and the hair-color to
the yellow, since all my girls have yellow hair,
almost all of them do. And I was curious to see
what it would look like with a more pseudorealistic color, sort of correcting Picasso, as
though he had made an error in painting the
face blue. And one of the purposes of it is to
make what looks like an insensitive reproduction
of the Picasso, and changing the color of the
face and hair to ones that would be more
conventional would be part of that insensitivity,
and there is a general change in the shape of
the whole position of the head.”
In 2006,the painting sold for $ $95.2 million
In 2013, the painting sold for $56.1 million
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KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING
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DEVELOPING SKILLS, THINKING CREATIVELY, RESPONDING
KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING,
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KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING, DEVELOPING SKILLS, THINKING CREATIVELY
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• Start by taking digital images of yourself and make a
graphite transfer.
• Once the photo is taken and printed, outline your features
in graphite pencil. Make the lines thick and dark for a
better transfer.
• Tape the picture to another sheet of paper face down.
Using a wooden stick, press only the pencil lines to transfer
the graphite to the new sheet.
• Peel a corner back to check how well the pencil is
transferring. Only press on the pencil lines. When finished
peel off.
• The new drawing will be a mirror image of the first, and the
pencil will be very light. Go back over the lines with pencil
to bring them out again.
• The next step is to draw over the pencil lines with black
permanent marker for the cartoon/ comic book style of
Roy Lichtenstein. Erase any leftover pencil marks for a
clean finish.
• Next, using marker and a ruler, add ben day dots in a staggering
pattern to recreate the dots that make up printed materials such
as magazines and newspapers.
• Some items in your drawing can be solid to create an effect more
like Roy’s.
• Ready? Questions? Let’s do it!