Throwback Thursday: Marker honors two great Columbus artists

A marker outside the art museum appropriately highlights two famous artists with Columbus connections.

The marker: Roy Lichtenstein and George Bellows at 480 E. Broad St.

Flashback: Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was from New York but moved here to study art at OSU, where he later served as an instructor.

• He eventually became, per the marker, "one of the most acclaimed artists of the Pop Art movement that revolutionized visual culture in the 1960s."
• His work, often created using a pointillism technique , was inspired by comic books and advertisements.
• A commissioned sculpture by Lichtenstein, Brushstrokes in Flight , is displayed inside John Glenn Columbus International Airport.

Meanwhile, the National Gallery of Art called Bellows (1882-1925) a "quintessential American artist."

• The Columbus native was initially known for his gritty depictions of urban life, though he later painted landscapes and portraits.

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