Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein

In life, Roy Lichtenstein was one of the biggest names in pop art. Now, more than a decade after his death, his paintings still get double takes and are worth seven figures. Erin Moriarty reports.

[@Tripixium]

I was sent here from online school

[@m4sherman652]

Mate, I was sent here from a Sabaton-fan discord server. You think that's bad? I've been told to spread the lyrics of every single song they've released in a storm of the Blitzkrieg upon this comment section.

[@H_Anam]

Same my brother

[@allaroundhannahmia5864]

Same

[@Dr.soundk]

same

[@jacquesp8542]

His drawings are so clear , colourful and recognizable ! Nothing sad about them, just his own way to consider our world and depict it with an amazing talent.

[@deedrabbit]

Wish I could trace other people's work and not get sued

[@e6gy]

here so i know how to pronounce lichtenstein for a presentation

[@jannettebasave9830]

haha same

[@genericname2747]

Same

[@shanafzal3646]

Its badly pronounce you should say it like German - in a guttural manner

[@AmericasComic]

For the son of a millionaire painter, that guy seems pretty down to earth.

[@NoFacefrmda9]

My art teacher brought me here from online school

[@kylahnichols480]

same lol

[@izabellatom4385]

same

[@santiasmith1045]

same

[@jjcampbell2941]

Same

[@wize326]

Samr

[@joemartinez331]

No mention that he stole original art from comic book artists. He made millions from their work

[@frankscott927]

What I like about Roy was his ability to stay away from personal drama.

[@alexlee666]

Whos watching in quarantine?

[@squadgeman3247]

I have always been fascinated by Roy Lichtenstein's art. Even as a very young child I remember.

[@ultraali453]

Pop art is what got me into comics. Pop art changed everything for a whole generation.

[@izabellatom4385]

the comments: i was sent here from online school
me: y e p
i had no idea this dude existed

[@fieray21]

Pop Art is so cool

[@deedrabbit]

I used to trace comics. If only I knew I could have sold them for a fortune.

[@a380]

We’re all here from online school

[@EfrainMcshell]

Mr. Roy seems had great sense of humor, so creative, i can imagine how he felt when he browsed the comics and saw the dots of the images. i can fell the texture.

[@Sophie-gi3cn]

Mrs Ramsay’s art class be like

[@Homemaker-eg2he]

I was brought here by a RUclips channel doing art in his style and explaining who he was and that he wasn't well received so naturally I had to see for myself.... I'm really surprised with how good some of that is that he got the response he did my guess jealousy

[@f_d7497]

Same. But I read some of the comments on there and people were saying he wasn’t well received because he basically stole ideas and pieces from other artists putting his own spin on them. He got rich while the artists he stole from didn’t. He didn’t get rich on his own original pieces so it would be reasonable why so many people didn’t take a liken to him.

[@MGAF688]

Roy Lichtenstein, artistic genius.

[@rascal6]

Hell no. He stole a bunch from comic artists. He basically redrew them and changed the colors.

[@imaMONSTAR1]

Such a great artist!

[@smaragdvono4176]

Mark Grant I think you don’t understand what Pop Art is then.

[@FpsGamingVids]

lmao how old are you now

[@theostafford2603]

This video is part of my homework😭

[@anderivative]

Roy Lichtenstein techniques are simple yet I always stare

[@burkiadrian6384]

I love Pop Art

[@cuarto7705]

acá, recién a los 20 años lo conozco al maestro. genio!

[@kianbarnes751]

damn your old

[@quantenart667]

Great artist 🔥🔥🔥

[@waminette]

My goal in life is to get one of his paintings

[@sibam_debnath]

Lichtenstein for you pop pop💥🤘🤘

[@unoriginal_name5988]

POV: You have been sent here from an online school.

[@unitybikelife2102]

Here from online school

[@julianmoriarty9877]

43 million!

[@rolandkatsuragi]

A reminder these "pieces" both violate copyright and are forms of art theft from the comics "referenced." If you take this shit seriously, but don't views comics as art, then I implore you to shut your pretentious mouths.

[@shqdyshxde5600]

here from online school

[@atlas-ld8478]

Who else was sent here from online school

[@davidmayhew4818]

Thanx Erin. Love you. Love Roy. He made the world a better place!!!

[@jclifford4234]

I love yammy

[@mrskull4218]

thanks not thanx

[@uae0155]

00:00 + 05:29 title song?

[@jiminie_boba]

Online school, anybody?

[@oscarnimot8636]

yep💀

[@aimeep8948]

He never gave credit to the original artist what a scam!!!

[@hartung692]

The amount of likes to dislikes says everything!!!

[@jwizdum2103]

Why was everyones teachers telling them to look up Roy? 😂

[@marcoscastillojaen1888]

Un hombre ingenioso y creativo con alguna que otra faceta infantiloide.

[@missevekaur7086]

Anyone here from Ryan international school and is here because there an art exam on Monday?

[@sarahk5412]

I feel like there's a parallel to draw here between Pollock/Lichtenstein and the sarcastic, sometimes bitter comedy shows that are the norm right now vs shows like Call Me Kat, that find joy in plain everyday life instead of cursing it.
(If it works for you, feel free to use that for your papers, media students. ;-) )

[@KarolSilva-pg3cw]

Fantástico 👏

[@nicholaithomas9512]

online school be like

[@xiaochicash]

.... Okay! Get of the damn book shelf Warhol, Lichtenstein is moving in.

[@fernandovasquez1861]

Gay

[@wans908]

Great Mr Roy Lichtenstein. I have tried to draw Nurse and Masterpiece

[@ericmatthews2009]

The guy at 1:31 looks like Mitt Romney.

[@benshapirosgreatuncle4060]

A hotdog looks better than a bunch of vomit splattered over a canvass

[@GEORGIOS798]

it looks like comics

[@anthonybrink287]

GEORGIOS798 because he copied almost all his art directly from 60s and 70s comic books. It’s called art plagiarism. This man had no ideas of his own. He copied everything he did. He would trace the art from a comic, put it on a projector that projected it onto the canvas and then he painted it. Disgusting. And to think his paintings sell for millions of dollars.

[@goldensquishy1351]

he didn't plagiarize everything he did! He may have been inspired by some existing art, but he didn't copy someone else and then just take full credit!

[@anthonybrink287]

Golden Squishy actually , he did exactly that. He never gave any credit to the original artists he stole from except in passing when questioned and pressured about it. “ inspired” yeah right, he copied them almost exactly, changing hair color or cropping parts out. His most famous pieces are near exact copies, made larger. It’s a joke.

[@billiam5726]

I don't think its a joke, he and everyone who likes his work are well aware that he stole everything he did. But in art its not about who did it first its about who made it the biggest (Also he was actually capable of drawing original things)

[@helenarose580]

that what I say it comic book art just on canvas

[@zucker413]

good

[@prodbyproph3t483]

cool and ingenous artists wish i could be like that

[@shanefrancis8947]

blah to his work, devoid of creativity.. simple, easy, unimaginative... people bought the pet rock in the millions in the 70's. it was a rock... People think Taylor Swift is a musical genius and she is a one-trick pony, cranking out variations of the same hollow, shallow garbage, but tied up in a pretty package. The Emperor's New Clothes... People pay millions of dollars for his art, not because it is worth it, but because they are TOLD it is worth it... People do, say and believe what they are told. Comic book panels..... I do think, though, that even Roy knew his work wasn't that great, and quite well knew the public would buy whatever they were told to "buy", as evidenced by his work, "Masterpiece." If an artist can paint crap and the public gobbles it up, then surely they deserve what they get... I think he knew that... No doubt he had talent, but to do so little with it...

[@jclifford4234]

i just want yammy and LDShadowlady

[@banc0s]

this video quality at 240p

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

his son lucked out

[@bookworm8067]

My art teacher sent me here for homework

[@g-unit7625]

Just get some graphic novels. Lichtenstein stole from them like, ALL the time.

[@danzig2347]

Wow we literally all came from online school

[@BATERO1975]

What about the art of Trolling!!

[@robkino6137]

RIP John Romita Sr. One of the artists robbed by the thief Roy Lichtenstein who never got his due compensation.

[@EfrainMcshell]

as much as the bauhaus, Mr. Roy made his own work original that broke with the traditional established.

[@0389r]

i was sent here by my teacher

[@danzig2347]

Same

[@triniallotey7991]

Same from inline skl lol

[@j.p8083]

Why does the woman sound like an AI running low on batteries

[@ic3d169]

lol hi classmates of virtual academy.... (❁´◡`❁)

[@PUCKTHEGREATEST]

online work

[@moezelsweedy4364]

hello

[@StevieDisopolis]

his son looks like Christoph Waltz

[@davidrobinson9507]

As Joe Martinez says in this comment thread, he did rob freely from comic book artists who designed and drew many of the original images in paintings which Lichtenstein signed as his own.
This video is stamped '12 years ago' and since then the issue of Lichtenstein and copying and stealing has emerged. He used to be one of my favourites. Until I saw how closely he plagiarized his images from the comic book originals. Maybe some would whine that that's okay because of the sorts of reasons that all those artists give for their various acts of copying, lifting, tracing, re- using etc imagery that they don't have the ability to generate themselves but for me, as an artist, I'm just so tired of the endless stream of regurgitated stuff that gets called art. Maybe Lichtenstein is a great artist. It's pointed out in this video that he was untroubled, untormented, and possibly it's because he wasn't the real deal after all.

[@christianegonbarnthaler1426]

super art 111

[@meganmm454]

me

[@cadelesley7518]

Bruh

[@mexicubanguy]

what a troll

[@apostalote]

I hate Lichtenstein. His work is completely devoid of life, absolutely no movement

[@firstamendmentlawyer8535]

Legend

[@hulotmusic]

The irony

[@doudouren2268]

Yay, he isn’t a manga artist

[@HotPocketsBoy]

@mexicubanguy hoho

[@kdfix_]

4a

[@justonefyx]

A Jew profiting off the hard work of other artists. Why am I not surprised? He probably feels entitled to do it because he's constantly been told he's God's chosen people.

[@elisegardiner9184]

amoung us

[@kelp1697]

Tf is this

[@natevart4156]

Thief

[@emilwharton545]

Pop art=== GARBAGE.

[@serkitk3169]

your face is garbage

[@ironcross1252]

Dont be mean to garbage

[@elisegardiner9184]

royis a toy

[@NeoCurrie]

here from online school