Brushstrokes

"Brushstrokes" (1966) by Roy Lichtenstein is a pop art painting that humorously critiques the gestural style of Abstract expressionism. Created using oil and Magna on canvas, it emulates the appearance of paper with stylized brushwork reminiscent of graphite sketches, but rendered in a flat, comic-like manner. Lichtenstein's signature use of tusche-style lines and screen printing techniques dismiss the spontaneous quality of traditional abstract art. This work is part of a series that satirizes the idea of artistic expression through exaggerated, commercialized brushstroke imagery.