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Primary
colors--red, yellow and blue, heavily outlined
in black--became his favorites. Occasionally
he used green. Instead of shades of color, he
used the benday dot, a method by which an image
is created, and its density of tone modulated
in printing. Sometimes he selected a comic-strip
scene, recomposed it, projected it onto his
canvas and stenciled in the dots. "I want my
painting to look as if it had been programmed,"
Lichtenstein explained.
Since 1962, he has turned to the work of artists
such as Picasso, Mondrian, and even Monet as
inspiration for his work. In the mid-1960s,
he also painted sunsets and landscapes in his
by-nowfamiliar style. In addition, he has designed
ceramic tableware and graphics for mass production.
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