Measuring 122.5 cm × 122.5 cm (48.25 inches × 48.25 inches), Brushstrokes was the first item in the Brushstrokes series.
As with all of his Brushstrokes works, it is in part a satirical response to the body painting of abstract expressionism.īefore producing his first Brushstrokes work, Lichtenstein turned his upcoming work as a “satirical sending of abstract expressionism” by saying: “Now thinking of doing something about abstract expressionism … The problem here will be to paint a brushstroke, a picture of a brushstroke … deliberately poured paint and things, you know, where the drips are actually drawn drips that look like drops of water drawn by an artist commercial.”ĭespite the initial objective of parodying abstract expressionism, the source of the first Brushstrokes work was a comic strip. It is the first element in the Brushstrokes series of works which includes several paintings and sculptures.
Brushstrokes is a pop art oil painting from 1965 and Magna on canvas by Roy Lichtenstein.
