''Cubist Still Life with Lemons'' (sometimes ''Still Life with Lemons'') is a 1975 painting by
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. Hi ...
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Lichtenstein had a period of experimentation with
still life
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painting from 1974 to 1976. Measuring 228.6 cm × 172.7 cm (90 in × 68 in), ''Still Life with Lemons'' represented a take on still life from the
Cubist perspective, with Lichtenstein using many favorite Cubist motifs: "...pitcher, bowl of fruit, and faux wood grain - with some of his own, such as sections of the primary colors red, yellow, and blue, portions of an entablature, and a pattern of diagonal stripes."
The work has an element of three-dimensionality due to its overlapping planes and reflection, although this still life series was meant to look flat.
According to Jack Cowart, "...The scale of Lichtenstein's
ubist still lifework is antithetical to the primarily intimate and more closely related nature of real Cubism."
See also
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1975 in art
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
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Notes
External links
Lichtenstein Foundation website
1975 paintings
Paintings by Roy Lichtenstein
Still life paintings
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