Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Art's Most Popular January 30, 2011 / 8:58 AM EST / CBS In life, Roy Lichtenstein was one of the biggest names in pop art.

It’s the first time a museum has taken a full look at the dozen years before Lichtenstein Popped—when he painted, drew, and made prints in a wide variety of styles.

“Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948-1960” shows early works by the celebrated American artist, who spent his formative years at Ohio State.

What was pop art pioneer Roy Lichtenstein doing before he created celebrated works such as “Look Mickey,” “Drowning Girl” and “Whaam!?” Quite a lot it turns out, as can be seen in a ...

Hanging just inside the doorway to the first gallery is Lichtenstein’s iconic “Look Mickey” from 1961, a large replica of a Golden Book panel that shows Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck fishing.

Look Mickey greets you near the start of the Art Institute’s enormous “Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective,” but you can also see Lichtenstein’s final works through the open entranceway ...

In 1993, a blockbuster Lichtenstein retrospective at the Guggenheim, some 200 pieces strong, sealed the painter's reputation as a prime instigator of Pop art.

Estate of Roy Lichtenstein The George Washington of Lichtenstein’s Washington Crossing the Delaware I is no Mickey Mouse, but he’s also a far cry from Leutze’s heroic military figure.

Other elements of his 1960s art remained. Lichtenstein had moved away from Mickey Mouse and Bazooka gum wrappers, but he continued to work from newspaper advertisements, postcards and other ...

Image Duplicator: Roy Lichtenstein and the Emergence of Pop Art, by Michael Lobel. New Haven: Yale University Press. 208 pages. $45. Margaret Sundell If Andy Warhol was Pop art`s enfant terrible, Roy ...

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was born in New York City in 1923. During his formative years, summer courses in painting and drawing at the Art Students League of New York set the young Lichtenstein on a ...