Rouen Cathedral Rouen Cathedral, Set II, right panel (green) Lichtenstein, Roy Fox Ben Day process Cathedrals Pop Screen printing Triptychs Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), American Pop Artist, produced this set of prints is based upon a famous series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral done by Claude Monet, who executed approximately forty versions between 1892 and 1894. Whereas Monet was interested in exploring the changing atmospheric effects of light and colour on the cathedral at different times of the day or season, Lichtenstein's efforts had little to do with Impressionism and everything to do with form. In both his prints and paintings of Rouen Cathedral, the subject is easily recognizable from a distance, but dissolves into abstraction at close range. By composing these images solely with colour applied through a screen of Benday dots - a technique borrowed from comic strips and used throughout his career - Lichtenstein achieved an appearance of mechanical reproduction in which traditional signs of human creation such as drawing or brushwork were absent. Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts 1969 CE Silkscreen, 3 panels Digital image Tiff; JPEG2000 Oil and magna on canvas Rouen Cathedral, Set II Triptych 20th century; American; Pop Art Rouen, France Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts
Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral, Set II, right panel (green)
Lichtenstein, Roy Fox
Ben Day process
Cathedrals
Pop
Screen printing
Triptychs
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), American Pop Artist, produced this set of prints is based upon a famous series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral done by Claude Monet, who executed approximately forty versions between 1892 and 1894. Whereas Monet was interested in exploring the changing atmospheric effects of light and colour on the cathedral at different times of the day or season, Lichtenstein's efforts had little to do with Impressionism and everything to do with form. In both his prints and paintings of Rouen Cathedral, the subject is easily recognizable from a distance, but dissolves into abstraction at close range. By composing these images solely with colour applied through a screen of Benday dots - a technique borrowed from comic strips and used throughout his career - Lichtenstein achieved an appearance of mechanical reproduction in which traditional signs of human creation such as drawing or brushwork were absent.
Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts
1969 CE
Silkscreen, 3 panels
Digital image
Tiff; JPEG2000
Oil and magna on canvas
Rouen Cathedral, Set II Triptych
20th century; American; Pop Art
Rouen, France
Davis Publications, Worchester, Massachusetts