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Kitchen range
A painting depicting a kitchen stove in the characteristic Pop Art style. Lichtenstein uses thick contour lines, intense primary colors, and the Ben-Day dot pattern, creating a graphic, simplified version of an everyday object elevated to the status of artwork.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Roy Lichtenstein
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Date of birth and death
October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997
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Natinality
American
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Style
Pop art; use of comic strips, commercial and mass media aesthetics; Ben-Day dots
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Significant works
Look Mickey, Drowning Girl, Whaam!, Oh, Jeff…I Love You, Too…But…, Girl with Hair Ribbon, Brushstrokes
Information about the work
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Year:
1961-1962
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Location:
National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, Australia
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Theme:
interior, household appliances, Pop Art
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The painting serves as a commentary on everyday objects and their place in mass culture, and how art can adopt the aesthetics of advertising and comics.
The key to interpreting the work
Interpretation should consider the technique mimicking mass graphics, the synthetic character of the painting, and the combination of high art with popular culture.See other works by this artist
