Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist active in the 1960s. Along with Andy Warhol and others, he became a leading figure in the new pop art movement. His work was inspired by comic strips and used techniques like parody to comment on popular culture and commercial art. He produced precise compositions that both documented and parodied popular advertising and comics. Lichtenstein described pop art as "not 'American' painting but actually industrial painting." His work was exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City.