From a young age, both Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein demonstrated impressive artistic talent. Andy Warhol (Warhola), was born in 1928 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to Czechoslovakian parents. Before he could walk, Warhol was coloring in coloring books, and his mother noticed his exceptional skill for "staying within the lines." For encouragement, she rewarded her son with a candy bar each time he completed a page. During his grade school years, Warhol, a chronic sufferer of Saint Vitus Dance, was frequently sick. He would lay in bed for days making paper dolls and "copying the Maybelline ads of Hedy Lamarr." After high school, Warhol studied commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburg. He graduated in 1949 and went to New York where he worked for magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue as an illustrator. At the same time, he was working in commercial advertising and in his free time drawing pictures to charm potential clients into giving him a job. Warhol soon became one of New Yorks's most sought-after and successful illustrators. Though he was extremely focused on his commercial career, he still found time to pursue his passion for fine art and in 1952 he had his first gallery show in New York City.
             Roy Litchenstein was born in 1923 in New York City. His father was a realtor and his mother was a housewife. His parents were very busy people and because they "lacked an artistic streak," Lichtenstein grew up with artistic influence. At the age of fourteen, he attended painting classes at Parson's School of Design. Lichtenstein attended Franklin High School in his adolescent years. The school had no art program, but he drew and painted at home and in the summers enrolled in art classes at the Art Students League. After high school, Lichtenstein entered the School of Fine Arts at Ohio State University. He received his Bachelors's and Masters's degrees from the school. A year after obtaining his Masters Degree, Lic...