Roy liechtenstein small biography on bobby

In the spring of 1968 Robert F. Kennedy was running an insurgent antiwar candidacy for the presidency of the United States. Late to declare and hobbled by an archaic nominating system (the Democratic Party primaries would be dramatically revamped and expanded for 1972), the slain president’s younger brother had nonetheless managed to garner huge attention, win a string of state contests, and — some argue — position himself for an outside chance of taking his party’s nomination.

To capture the frenetic youthful energy of RFK’s campaign, Time magazine commissioned a cover image from celebrated pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.

Already an art-world star by 1968, Lichtenstein’s signature technique adapted the colors, subjects, and technique of comic books and newspaper cartoons for his paintings. For his mid-May Kennedy cover, Lichtenstein portrayed the senator declaiming at a podium, framed by a red-whit