Roy Fox Lichtenstein was born on October 29, 1923, in New York City, New York. His mom was a homemaker and his dad was a real estate broker. He was born into an upper-middle-class both German and Jewish family. When he was finishing up his high school career he applied to take summer classes at the Art Students League of New York where he studied under Reginald Marsh.

After graduating Lichtenstein took his talents to the Ohio State University where he studied fine arts however he didn’t stay there long. He was called to be in World War II from 1943 to 1946. Post-war, he went back to studying, this time with the supervision of Hoyt L. Sherman to which Roy later donated money for the art center to be named after him at Ohio State. Roy received his Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State University in 1949.

Once he got his degree, Roy started to truly make his art. Lichtenstein’s first solo exhibition at the Carlebach Gallery in New York. From this point forward, Roy Lichtenstein worked heavily in cubism, expressionism, and pop art in one point even started to incorporate mickey mouse and bugs bunny hidden in his work. He completed many paintings and sculptures throughout his career. On September 29, 1997, Roy Lichtenstein passed away at the New York University Medical Center with pneumonia just weeks before his 74th birthday.