1923
born in New York
1940-1949
studies art at Ohio State University
1943-1945
war service in Europe
From 1952 he lives in Cleveland, working as technical designer and decorator until 1957.
1957-1960
professor at New State University in Oswego, NY
From 1960
professor at Highland Park, NJ
From 1970
professor in Southampton, Long Island
1966
First solo exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art
1965-1966
develops his brushstroke pictures (enlarged abstract brushstrokes)
1973-1979
period of Ecole de Paris pictures
1986
creates Perfect and Imperfect Paintings
1994
large format sculptures I and II for Tokyo Plaza, New York
Dies 1997 in New York
Besides Warhol, Wesselmann and Rosenquist Lichtenstein is the main artist of American Pop Art.
