Brushstroke

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Brushstroke is a 1965 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that magnifies a single painterly brushstroke into a bold, comic-strip-style image commenting on art and representation.

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Brushstroke canonical 2
Brushstrokes series 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pop art work
painting
artForm oil painting
artisticTheme art and representation
irony about expressive brushwork
mechanical reproduction of painterly gesture
colorPalette black
primary colors
white
copyrightStatus copyrighted work
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Roy Lichtenstein
creatorBirthName Roy Fox Lichtenstein
linked to: Roy Lichtenstein
creatorBirthYear 1923
creatorDeathYear 1997
creatorGender male
creatorNationality American
depictionType stylization rather than naturalism
depicts single enlarged brushstroke
genre comic-strip-style painting
hasCreatorRole painter
hasPart simplified background field
stylized brushstroke motif
inception 1965
influencedBy Abstract Expressionist brushwork
comic books
commercial printing techniques
intendedEffect blurring line between high art and mass culture
questioning authenticity of painterly gesture
languageOfTitle English
mainSubject painterly brushstroke
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
movement Pop art
notableFor commentary on Abstract Expressionism
magnifying a single brushstroke as subject
parody of gestural painting
partOfSeries Brushstrokes series
linked to: Brushstroke
style bold graphic style
comic-strip aesthetics
title Brushstroke
usesTechnique Benday-dot-like treatment
flat areas of color
heavy black outlines

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roy Lichtenstein notableWork Brushstroke
Brushstroke partOfSeries Brushstrokes series
linked to: Brushstroke
Brushstroke title Brushstroke