Pioneer of the pop-art Prolific and witty, Lichtenstein used his flair for composition to create paintings with a poster-like power. His signature touches were his bold black outlines and the use of the photoengraver's Ben Day dots. His work was inspired by commercial art and commercial art in turn reappropriated his images. ``I take a cliche and try to organize its forms to make it monumental,'' he once said. ``The difference is often not great, but it is crucial.'' Roy Lichtenstein died at New York University Medical Center on Monday, September 29, 1997

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Monte Wolverton

From Monte's own biography: "I was born into a family where grotesqueness was a positive value -- providing it took the form of artwork. Otherwise, my parents--Basil and Honor--were normal suburbanites in the Portland, Oregon area. My father encouraged me to draw grotesque stuff by building me a small drawing board. The strategy worked..." Worked out just fine - check it out.

...and those promised albums, you can leaf through...

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