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Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist born in 1923. He was among the many artists such as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and others who became leaders in a new art movement during the 1960's. In this period of time, political, economic and social changes were occurring in the United States such as, JFK's assassination, the Civil Rights Act, Communistic countries, postwar effects and more. The United States had also entered a period of wealth. Consumerism was high and new advances were developing. People were becoming modernists, such as women who began wearing pants and red lipstick. Roy Lichtenstein embraced this new culture and evoked this sense of consumerism and modernism into his work. He was influenced by advertising and comic books, which are clearly shown in his art. His work conveys messages of modern relationships- and their tragedy, they depict the issues (in a funny parody way) that people in relationships have.