Tom Wesselmann
1931-02-23 Tom Wesselman was born in Cincinatti, Ohio.
Wesselmann is one of the famous figures of the New York pop-art scene. 1961 he became famous with his collages, assemblages, female nudes, trademark-still lifes and his “Great American Nudes” in which the imagery of the sex- and starcult in mass media and advertisement is shown.
In his manageable graphic works he uses the style of lithography ("Smoker", 1976), silk-screen print ("Nude", 1965), aquatinta ("Bedroom", 1977) and forming print.
