and at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris November 2

Responding to a growing sense of Netherlandish cultural and political identity on the eve of the Dutch Revolt

American painters and graphic artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries sought inspiration for their work in the uniquely American experience of history and nature

but also interesting for conservation scientists and curators confronted with plastic material

For nearly three decades

Roy Lichtenstein: Outdoor Painted Sculpture pottery and at the Bibliothèque nationaleJulie Wolfe, with contributions by Clare Bell and technical analysis by Alan Phenix and Rachel Rivenc The first book length study to examine the materials and techniques used in the fabrication and painting of the American pop artist Roy Lichtensteins outdoor sculpture. Vibrant color was essential to the paintings of the American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (19231997), and when he began exploring the creation of outdoor sculpture in the late 1970s,