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Pop Art Figurative Paintings

POP ART STYLE

Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.

ORIGINS OF POP ART

CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART 

  • Bold imagery
  • Bright, vivid colors
  • Straightforward concepts
  • Engagement with popular culture 
  • Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media

POP ARTISTS TO KNOW

ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS

The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.

Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.

Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.

Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.

Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.

Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.

Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.

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Style: Pop Art
Dachshund dogs Proud Walk 02- FRENCH SCHOOL Chut les Barbizons! DOG
Dachshund dogs Proud Walk 02- FRENCH SCHOOL Chut les Barbizons! DOG

Dachshund dogs Proud Walk 02- FRENCH SCHOOL Chut les Barbizons! DOG

By bazevian animal

Located in Zofingen, AG

Proud Walk 02 Dachshund Dogs In the artistic world, animals have always been key protagonists in expressing the power and beauty of the wild. Artists often use animals as symbols t...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Portrait Timid Dachshund dogs Walk - FRENCH SCHOOL Chut les Barbizons! DOG
Portrait Timid Dachshund dogs Walk - FRENCH SCHOOL Chut les Barbizons! DOG

Portrait Timid Dachshund dogs Walk - FRENCH SCHOOL Chut les Barbizons! DOG

By bazevian animal

Located in Zofingen, AG

Timids Dachshund Dogs Walk In the artistic world, animals have always been key protagonists in expressing the power and beauty of the wild. Artists often use animals as symbols to ...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

OK Then; Everybody Out #24 - Abstract Political Figurative Color Drenched Art
OK Then; Everybody Out #24 - Abstract Political Figurative Color Drenched Art

OK Then; Everybody Out #24 - Abstract Political Figurative Color Drenched Art

By Fabio Coruzzi

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite, Canvas

Felony Money - Original Monopoly Man Figurative Acrylic Pop Artwork by Gary John
Felony Money - Original Monopoly Man Figurative Acrylic Pop Artwork by Gary John

Felony Money - Original Monopoly Man Figurative Acrylic Pop Artwork by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Newsprint, Mixed Media

Lifetime of Adventures - Original Framed Figurative Man & Woman Pop Art Painting
Lifetime of Adventures - Original Framed Figurative Man & Woman Pop Art Painting

Lifetime of Adventures - Original Framed Figurative Man & Woman Pop Art Painting

By Nelson De La Nuez

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nelson De La Nuez is one of the most sought-after contemporary Pop artists practicing today. His striking, vivid mixed media artwork borrows motifs and messages from the language of ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Spiral Dance - Original Quirky Figurative Pop Artwork on Newspaper by Gary John
Spiral Dance - Original Quirky Figurative Pop Artwork on Newspaper by Gary John

Spiral Dance - Original Quirky Figurative Pop Artwork on Newspaper by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Newsprint

Beam Me Doggie - Original Quirky Figurative Pop Art on Newspaper by Gary John
Beam Me Doggie - Original Quirky Figurative Pop Art on Newspaper by Gary John

Beam Me Doggie - Original Quirky Figurative Pop Art on Newspaper by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Newsprint

Mickey's Dreamland - Original Pop Art Painting with Cartoon Character
Mickey's Dreamland - Original Pop Art Painting with Cartoon Character

Mickey's Dreamland - Original Pop Art Painting with Cartoon Character

By Naguy Claude

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Object in the Mirror, Oil Painting
Object in the Mirror, Oil Painting

Object in the Mirror, Oil Painting

By Keith Thomson

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A vintage sedan cuts through a blazing blue desert sky as the driver glances out the window, caught between curiosity and concern. He knows mirages are common i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Junk Food Junkie - Large Original Pop Art Painting on Canvas
Junk Food Junkie - Large Original Pop Art Painting on Canvas

Junk Food Junkie - Large Original Pop Art Painting on Canvas

By Nelson De La Nuez

Located in Los Angeles, CA

As one of the world’s most collected, significant pop artists today, Nelson De La Nuez is a born iconoclast. Using his unique juxtaposition of pop culture and surrealism, blended with America’s rich culture and history, De La Nuez has created works of art that are considered timeless. Listed on the “Who’s Who List of the Most Collected Artists of Our Time,” his works are original, bold and outspoken. The artist is known for his distinctive, trademarked style called “Art on the Edge,” which is creating art on all sides of the canvas. This one-of-a-kind pop art painting measures 42 inches square. De la Nuez used Mixed Media, Acrylic Paint, and Oil Pastel on Canvas to create this original artwork. It is signed on the front and the back by the artist. The sides of this artwork are created as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. It is wired and ready to hang. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and global shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Nelson De La Nuez was born in 1959 in Havana, Cuba, and came to the United States at age seven. He was raised in California. De La Nuez studied Art History at Boston University where he was inspired by the French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods. Though his paintings are clearly Pop Art, the subtle humor of artists like Edouard Manet and Pablo Picasso echo throughout his playful work. De La Nuez’s work hangs in some of the most prominent private collections of movie stars, directors, producers, comedians, and corporations. His work has been purchased by Sotheby’s for future auctions and his works sell out consistently at major international shows and fairs. Nelson De La Nuez tries to create a new generation of art lovers, drawing upon icons and art history to entice younger minds, in turn provoking the interest of the generation above them. The L.A. Times called De La Nuez “the comedic da Vinci of our times.” His ability to use non-related images to achieve a whole new and stimulating outlook on life has brought him many awards and published features. The artist continues to challenge himself to incorporate new and exciting ideas into his art and his style. He believes he is a success if his art inspires people to think beyond the norm. Artplex Gallery has been representing and exhibiting Nelson de la Nuez's original artworks since 2016. Artplex Gallery is a partner gallery of Artspace Warehouse. Artspace Warehouse has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse and Artplex Gallery are known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA EXHIBITIONS 2023 "Perspectives on Street Art", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 "Freestyle Iconography", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Hamptons Market Art & Design. The Bridgehampton Museum 2021 Beach Life, DTR Modern Gallery, Nantucket 2021 “Live It Up” De La Nuez, Jennifer Balcos Gallery, Buckhead, ATL 2021 “Winter Wonderland”, DTR Modern Gallery, Washington DC 2020 DTR Modern Gallery, New York 2020 White Room Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 2020 A Style Gallery, Solo Show, Hong Kong 2020 DTR Modern Gallery, Boston 2019 Pop Art Then & Now, DTR Modern Gallery, Boston, MA 2019 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Australia 2019 Hamptons Market Art & Design, the Bridgehampton Museum 2019 Art Fair Hong Kong 2018 Art Fair, New York, NY 2018 Baselworld, Basel, Switzerland 2018 Art Market San Francisco, CA 2018 LA Modern & Contemporary Art Show, CA 2018 Pop, Bang; De La Nuez, DTR Modern Palm Beach, FL 2017 Hong Kong, HK 2017 Corum Bubble Watch...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

The Journey Is Half the Fun, Oil Painting
The Journey Is Half the Fun, Oil Painting

The Journey Is Half the Fun, Oil Painting

By Keith Thomson

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Beneath the stark canopy of a bus shelter, a young woman in a luminous gown sits in quiet anticipation. Her elegance is out of place and raises the question: "W...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sea Winds
Sea Winds

J. C. MoreySea Winds

$2,800Sale Price|37% Off

Sea Winds

Located in Atlanta, GA

J. C. Morey is a Spanish artist from the province of Alicante. He was born into a family of artists and connected to the art world since the 60s, which gave him the opportunity from...

Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Marilyn with a Bun -Original Quirky Figurative Pop Art Portrait by Gary John
Marilyn with a Bun -Original Quirky Figurative Pop Art Portrait by Gary John

Marilyn with a Bun -Original Quirky Figurative Pop Art Portrait by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Newsprint

Rip It Up and Start Again - Simon Reynolds Yellow and Red Music Original Art
Rip It Up and Start Again - Simon Reynolds Yellow and Red Music Original Art

Rip It Up and Start Again - Simon Reynolds Yellow and Red Music Original Art

By Carl Smith

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

Street Life - Original Vibrant Colorful Graffiti Pop Art w/ Snoopy Cartoon
Street Life - Original Vibrant Colorful Graffiti Pop Art w/ Snoopy Cartoon

Street Life - Original Vibrant Colorful Graffiti Pop Art w/ Snoopy Cartoon

By Naguy Claude

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Gold Love No. 5 - Original Textured Geometric Pattern Vivid Heart Painting
Gold Love No. 5 - Original Textured Geometric Pattern Vivid Heart Painting

Gold Love No. 5 - Original Textured Geometric Pattern Vivid Heart Painting

By Cynthia Coulombe Bégin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to create exuberance and energy in her images. Inspired by street art, Coulombe Bégin 's paintings range from the abstract to the surreal and employ a variety of techniques and materials. Her contemporary artworks draw inspiration from body image, the universally recognizable symbol of hearts, and the experience of humankind. She brings a sensitivity to her work that stems from her exploration of identity and the joy and happiness of existence. Coulombe-Bégin draws us into her internal world: exploring the soul and matter, conscience, and the modern universe. This original painting depicting one heart painted...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

All You Need is a Cat
All You Need is a Cat

All You Need is a Cat

By Mariia Kotiuzhynska

Located in Zofingen, AG

All You Need Is a Cat plays with a familiar cultural phrase, transforming it into a quiet emotional statement. In this painting, the cat is not just a character, but a metaphor for ...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Market Whirls Up Again - Original Framed Figurative Monopoly Pop Art Painting
Market Whirls Up Again - Original Framed Figurative Monopoly Pop Art Painting

Market Whirls Up Again - Original Framed Figurative Monopoly Pop Art Painting

By Nelson De La Nuez

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nelson De La Nuez is one of the most sought-after contemporary Pop artists practicing today. His striking, vivid mixed media artwork borrows motifs and messages from the language of ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Red Light - Original Abstract Color Drenched Figurative Mixed Media Artwork
Red Light - Original Abstract Color Drenched Figurative Mixed Media Artwork

Red Light - Original Abstract Color Drenched Figurative Mixed Media Artwork

By Fabio Coruzzi

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Graphite

Jakarta Ice Cream - Original Figurative Color Drenched Still Life Framed Artwork
Jakarta Ice Cream - Original Figurative Color Drenched Still Life Framed Artwork

Jakarta Ice Cream - Original Figurative Color Drenched Still Life Framed Artwork

By Fabio Coruzzi

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite

"Casamigos" Tequila Inspired Pop Art Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Painting
"Casamigos" Tequila Inspired Pop Art Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Painting

"Casamigos" Tequila Inspired Pop Art Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Painting

By Jojo Anavim

Located in New York, NY

A dreamy sunrise landscape with neon and warm colors of the "Land of the Tequila" in Jalisco with George Clooney and Rande Gerber. Both are depicted riding along the winding road on their motorcycles, with the alarm clock set to 5 AM. The agave plantations are found in the distance, and a monumental Margarita glass with two ice cubes falling into it are depicted. Sitting on the far back of the mountains are two tequila bottles, letting the tequila flow down the hill, making some rivers and up in the sky a sailplane and a “Casamigos” Tequila barrel with a lemon slice hanging from a tree branch in the style of ‘The Persistence of Memory’ by Salvador Dalí...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

UMBRELLA MAN Pop Art Acrylic on Mixed Media Gallery Label Verso
UMBRELLA MAN Pop Art Acrylic on Mixed Media Gallery Label Verso

UMBRELLA MAN Pop Art Acrylic on Mixed Media Gallery Label Verso

By Peter Max

Located in New York, NY

Peter Max Umbrella man 16x20 inches unframed 28x32 inches with frame Acrylic Paint on Mixed Media From a Florida collection, purchased from Wentworth gallery First off, sorry for al...

Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Summer Swim
Summer Swim

Summer Swim

By Elise Remender

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Elise Remender captures the romantic glamour of a bygone era in her contemporary figurative paintings that blend classical fine art and contemporary pop realism. Fantasy, mid-century fashion, and the glamour of travel and coastal living inform soft brush strokes and abstracted beauty; reminiscent of vintage advertisements and dusted sunlight. This original 37-inch square acrylic on canvas painting evokes a sense of delight and playfully nods at summery vintage aesthetics. It is signed by Remender on the front bottom right corner of the artwork. The sides are painted as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. Free delivery within the local Los Angeles area. Affordable Continental U.S. and international shipping available. This artwork includes a certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery. Remender grew up in Arizona and is based in Southern California, but she has traveled all over the world gaining inspiration for her work. Her most recent series, Bathing Beauties, which captures the human form and abstracts it through light and reflection, was inspired by the vintage elegance and history of Southeast Asia’s historic hotel pools and gardens. It evokes a bygone era when Ernest Hemingway and Jackie O. were among the clientele. “I’m a bit of an old soul and there is a sense of elegance and beauty that has been lost in modern-day society, and I seek to recapture this essence in my work. I’m creating a sort of fantasy world of luxury, leisure, and old Hollywood glamour.” Her work has appeared in galleries in the US and Asia and in GQ Magazine, Architectural Digest, Dwell, California Home, People, among many other publications. Her paintings hang in luxury properties including The Ritz Carlton San Francisco, The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, and Hilton properties across the United States, as well as in the homes of celebrity collectors including Ryan Seacrest and Kylie Jenner. REPRESENTATION: Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITIONS: 2023 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2021 “The Beauty Myth”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 “All American Inspired,” Merritt Gallery/Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD “At the Shore,” Eisenhauer Gallery, Edgartown, MA “Color in Motion,” Eisenhauer Gallery, Edgartown, MA “Having a Ball,” Jules Place, Boston, MA Meritt Gallery, Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD Studio E. Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2017 “Distant Memories,” 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA Merrit Gallery, Renaissance Fine Arts, PA, MD “Holiday Gift Guide...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Statue of Liberty, Mixed Media Pop Art Painting by Peter Max
Statue of Liberty, Mixed Media Pop Art Painting by Peter Max

Statue of Liberty, Mixed Media Pop Art Painting by Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Statue of Liberty Year: 2009 Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, signed lower right Size: 11 x 8.5 inches Frame Size: 32 x 2...

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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Ski Bunnie

John StangoSki Bunnie, 2025

$13,500Sale Price|20% Off

Ski Bunnie

By John Stango

Located in Santa Monica, CA

John Stango Ski Bunnie, 2025 Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas Artwork Size: 63.87 x 53.87 x 1.50 in

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Haiku - Eternal Original Artwork on Canvas - Ocean Scenery
Haiku - Eternal Original Artwork on Canvas - Ocean Scenery

Haiku - Eternal Original Artwork on Canvas - Ocean Scenery

By Carl Smith

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

Fuck Off I Am Rich - Original Abstract Figurative Colorful Clown Artwork
Fuck Off I Am Rich - Original Abstract Figurative Colorful Clown Artwork

Fuck Off I Am Rich - Original Abstract Figurative Colorful Clown Artwork

By Fabio Coruzzi

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite, Canvas

Orit Fuchs: Vivid 60 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 55/55"
Orit Fuchs: Vivid 60 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 55/55"

Orit Fuchs: Vivid 60 - Giclee print on canvas female figure painting. 55/55"

By Orit Fuchs

Located in Tel Aviv, IL

Orit Fuchs lives and works in Tel Aviv‭, ‬a storyteller with a deep‭, ‬pure, and unquenchable appetite for artistic self-expression‭. ‬Her medium spans the gamut‭ - ‬sculptures‭, ‬pa...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Giclée

Liberty Head, Peter Max
Liberty Head, Peter Max

Liberty Head, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Liberty Head Year: 2005 Medium: Mixed Media on archival paper Size: 30 x 24 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed b...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Curse the Wind - Original Snoopy Figurative Acrylic Pop Artwork by Gary John
Curse the Wind - Original Snoopy Figurative Acrylic Pop Artwork by Gary John

Curse the Wind - Original Snoopy Figurative Acrylic Pop Artwork by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Experience - Original Colorful Quirky Figurative Mixed Media Framed Artwork
Experience - Original Colorful Quirky Figurative Mixed Media Framed Artwork

Experience - Original Colorful Quirky Figurative Mixed Media Framed Artwork

By Fabio Coruzzi

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink

Crowned Jean-Michel - Original Abstract Portrait Figurative Artwork by Gary John
Crowned Jean-Michel - Original Abstract Portrait Figurative Artwork by Gary John

Crowned Jean-Michel - Original Abstract Portrait Figurative Artwork by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Illustration Board

"Triple Elvis" Denied Andy Warhol Silver Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
"Triple Elvis" Denied Andy Warhol Silver Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz

"Triple Elvis" Denied Andy Warhol Silver Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz

By Charles Lutz

Located in Brooklyn, NY

"Triple Elvis" (Denied) Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel paint on canvas with Artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 82 x 72" inches 2010 This important example was shown alongside works by Warhol in a two-person show "Warhol Revisited (Charles Lutz / Andy Warhol)" at UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts in 2024. Lutz's 2007 ''Warhol Denied'' series gained international attention by calling into question the importance of originality or lack thereof in the work of Andy Warhol. The authentication/denial process of the [[Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board]] was used to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED". The final product of the conceptual project being "officially denied" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Based on the full-length Elvis Presley paintings by Pop Artist Andy Warhol in 1964, this is likely one of his most iconic images, next to Campbell's Soup Cans and portraits of Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Marlon Brando. This is the rarest of the Elvis works from the series, as Lutz sourced a vintage roll of 1960's primed artist linen which was used for this one Elvis. The silkscreen, like Warhol's embraced imperfections, like the slight double image printing of the Elvis image. Lutz received his BFA in Painting and Art History from Pratt Institute and studied Human Dissection and Anatomy at Columbia University, New York. Lutz's work deals with perceptions and value structures, specifically the idea of the transference of values. Lutz's most recently presented an installation of new sculptures dealing with consumerism at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House in 2022. Lutz's 2007 Warhol Denied series received international attention calling into question the importance of originality in a work of art. The valuation process (authentication or denial) of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board was used by the artist to create value by submitting recreations of Warhol works for judgment, with the full intention for the works to be formally marked "DENIED" of their authenticity. The final product of this conceptual project is "Officially DENIED" "Warhol" paintings authored by Lutz. Later in 2013, Lutz went on to do one of his largest public installations to date. At the 100th Anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking and controversial Armory Show, Lutz was asked by the curator of Armory Focus: USA and former Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, Eric Shiner to create a site-specific installation representing the US. The installation "Babel" (based on Pieter Bruegel's famous painting) consisted of 1500 cardboard replicas of Warhol's Brillo Box (Stockholm Type) stacked 20 ft tall. All 1500 boxes were then given to the public freely, debasing the Brillo Box as an art commodity by removing its value, in addition to debasing its willing consumers. Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." Leonard Bernstein in: Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art and traveling, Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994-97, p. 9. Andy Warhol "quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." Kynaston McShine in: Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13. In the summer of 1963 Elvis Presley was just twenty-eight years old but already a legend of his time. During the preceding seven years - since Heartbreak Hotel became the biggest-selling record of 1956 - he had recorded seventeen number-one singles and seven number-one albums; starred in eleven films, countless national TV appearances, tours, and live performances; earned tens of millions of dollars; and was instantly recognized across the globe. The undisputed King of Rock and Roll, Elvis was the biggest star alive: a cultural phenomenon of mythic proportions apparently no longer confined to the man alone. As the eminent composer Leonard Bernstein put it, Elvis was "the greatest cultural force in the Twentieth Century. He introduced the beat to everything, and he changed everything - music, language, clothes, it's a whole new social revolution." (Exh. Cat., Boston, The Institute of Contemporary Art (and traveling), Elvis + Marilyn 2 x Immortal, 1994, p. 9). In the summer of 1963 Andy Warhol was thirty-four years old and transforming the parameters of visual culture in America. The focus of his signature silkscreen was leveled at subjects he brilliantly perceived as the most important concerns of day to day contemporary life. By appropriating the visual vernacular of consumer culture and multiplying readymade images gleaned from newspapers, magazines and advertising, he turned a mirror onto the contradictions behind quotidian existence. Above all else he was obsessed with themes of celebrity and death, executing intensely multifaceted and complex works in series that continue to resound with universal relevance. His unprecedented practice re-presented how society viewed itself, simultaneously reinforcing and radically undermining the collective psychology of popular culture. He epitomized the tide of change that swept through the 1960s and, as Kynaston McShine has concisely stated, "He quite simply changed how we all see the world around us." (Exh. Cat., New York, Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 1996, p. 13). Thus in the summer of 1963 there could not have been a more perfect alignment of artist and subject than Warhol and Elvis. Perhaps the most famous depiction of the biggest superstar by the original superstar artist, Double Elvis is a historic paradigm of Pop Art from a breath-taking moment in Art History. With devastating immediacy and efficiency, Warhol's canvas seduces our view with a stunning aesthetic and confronts our experience with a sophisticated array of thematic content. Not only is there all of Elvis, man and legend, but we are also presented with the specter of death, staring at us down the barrel of a gun; and the lone cowboy, confronting the great frontier and the American dream. The spray painted silver screen denotes the glamour and glory of cinema, the artificiality of fantasy, and the idea of a mirror that reveals our own reality back to us. At the same time, Warhol's replication of Elvis' image as a double stands as metaphor for the means and effects of mass-media and its inherent potential to manipulate and condition. These thematic strata function in simultaneous concert to deliver a work of phenomenal conceptual brilliance. The portrait of a man, the portrait of a country, and the portrait of a time, Double Elvis is an indisputable icon for our age. The source image was a publicity still for the movie Flaming Star, starring Presley as the character Pacer Burton and directed by Don Siegel in 1960. The film was originally intended as a vehicle for Marlon Brando and produced by David Weisbart, who had made James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause in 1955. It was the first of two Twentieth Century Fox productions Presley was contracted to by his manager Colonel Tom Parker, determined to make the singer a movie star. For the compulsive movie-fan Warhol, the sheer power of Elvis wielding a revolver as the reluctant gunslinger presented the zenith of subject matter: ultimate celebrity invested with the ultimate power to issue death. Warhol's Elvis is physically larger than life and wears the expression that catapulted him into a million hearts: inexplicably and all at once fearful and resolute; vulnerable and predatory; innocent and explicit. It is the look of David Halberstam's observation that "Elvis Presley was an American original, the rebel as mother's boy, alternately sweet and sullen, ready on demand to be either respectable or rebellious." (Exh. Cat., Boston, Op. Cit.). Indeed, amidst Warhol's art there is only one other subject whose character so ethereally defies categorization and who so acutely conflated total fame with the inevitability of mortality. In Warhol's work, only Elvis and Marilyn harness a pictorial magnetism of mythic proportions. With Marilyn Monroe, whom Warhol depicted immediately after her premature death in August 1962, he discovered a memento mori to unite the obsessions driving his career: glamour, beauty, fame, and death. As a star of the silver screen and the definitive international sex symbol, Marilyn epitomized the unattainable essence of superstardom that Warhol craved. Just as there was no question in 1963, there remains still none today that the male equivalent to Marilyn is Elvis. However, despite his famous 1968 adage, "If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings" Warhol's fascination held purpose far beyond mere idolization. As Rainer Crone explained in 1970, Warhol was interested in movie stars above all else because they were "people who could justifiably be seen as the nearest thing to representatives of mass culture." (Rainer Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, p. 22). Warhol was singularly drawn to the idols of Elvis and Marilyn, as he was to Marlon Brando and Liz Taylor, because he implicitly understood the concurrence between the projection of their image and the projection of their brand. Some years after the present work he wrote, "In the early days of film, fans used to idolize a whole star - they would take one star and love everything about that star...So you should always have a product that's not just 'you.' An actress should count up her plays and movies and a model should count up her photographs and a writer should count up his words and an artist should count up his pictures so you always know exactly what you're worth, and you don't get stuck thinking your product is you and your fame, and your aura." (Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), San Diego, New York and London, 1977, p. 86). The film stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s that most obsessed Warhol embodied tectonic shifts in wider cultural and societal values. In 1971 John Coplans argued that Warhol was transfixed by the subject of Elvis, and to a lesser degree by Marlon Brando and James Dean, because they were "authentically creative, and not merely products of Hollywood's fantasy or commercialism. All three had originative lives, and therefore are strong personalities; all three raised - at one level or another - important questions as to the quality of life in America and the nature of its freedoms. Implicit in their attitude is a condemnation of society and its ways; they project an image of the necessity for the individual to search for his own future, not passively, but aggressively, with commitment and passion." (John Coplans, "Andy Warhol and Elvis Presley," Studio International, vol. 181, no. 930, February 1971, pp. 51-52). However, while Warhol unquestionably adored these idols as transformative heralds, the suggestion that his paintings of Elvis...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Morning View II

Morning View II

By Jeni Stallings

Located in Atlanta, GA

"Jeni Stallings creates work that often draws from her dreams and personal experiences. She tends to render those moments in a muted, femininity-infused surrealism far from the hard-...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

"Moon Wanderer."
"Moon Wanderer."

"Moon Wanderer."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

Under the cold glow of the moon, the rider and horse become a single silhouette a symbol of journey, silence, and inner strength. Expressive brushstrokes give the image a sense of m...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic, Plaster

Ciao Mamma 2 - Original Abstract Figurative Color Drenched Mixed Media Artwork
Ciao Mamma 2 - Original Abstract Figurative Color Drenched Mixed Media Artwork

Ciao Mamma 2 - Original Abstract Figurative Color Drenched Mixed Media Artwork

By Fabio Coruzzi

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite, Spray Paint

Santa Barbara Is Shining - Framed Original Colorful Authentic Environment Art
Santa Barbara Is Shining - Framed Original Colorful Authentic Environment Art

Santa Barbara Is Shining - Framed Original Colorful Authentic Environment Art

By Fabio Coruzzi

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite

Sky Explorers
Sky Explorers

Sky Explorers

By Mariia Kotiuzhynska

Located in Zofingen, AG

Sometimes, all you need to fly — is to believe. In this moment, inside those blue eyes — courage is born. Sky Explorers don’t follow maps. They just go where dreams begin. From the...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Banana Chats - Original Acrylic Figurative Abstract Art on Korean Newspaper
Banana Chats - Original Acrylic Figurative Abstract Art on Korean Newspaper

Banana Chats - Original Acrylic Figurative Abstract Art on Korean Newspaper

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Newsprint

Three Grey Twirlers - Abstract Figurative Ballerinas Painting by Gary John
Three Grey Twirlers - Abstract Figurative Ballerinas Painting by Gary John

Three Grey Twirlers - Abstract Figurative Ballerinas Painting by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Catch Me If You Can - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art w/ Cartoon Characters
Catch Me If You Can - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art w/ Cartoon Characters

Catch Me If You Can - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art w/ Cartoon Characters

By Naguy Claude

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Cowboy in Disguise - Original Western Inspired Figurative Artwork by Gary John
Cowboy in Disguise - Original Western Inspired Figurative Artwork by Gary John

Cowboy in Disguise - Original Western Inspired Figurative Artwork by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Foam Board

Cash Flow II - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters
Cash Flow II - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters

Cash Flow II - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters

By Naguy Claude

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Roller Fame Flame - Vintage Inspired Figurative Mixed Media Pop Art by Gary John
Roller Fame Flame - Vintage Inspired Figurative Mixed Media Pop Art by Gary John

Roller Fame Flame - Vintage Inspired Figurative Mixed Media Pop Art by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Foam Board

"Heartbreak a Stranger" Kate Moss with Stuart Weitzman Collage Resin Panel Board
"Heartbreak a Stranger" Kate Moss with Stuart Weitzman Collage Resin Panel Board

"Heartbreak a Stranger" Kate Moss with Stuart Weitzman Collage Resin Panel Board

By Robert Mars

Located in New York, NY

This piece depicts famous British model Kate Moss from a Fall 2013 ad campaign with Stuart Weitzman during the Milan Fashion Week while featuring Kate Moss swaggering to Nancy Sinatr...

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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Newsprint

Peel Here Pop - Modern Abstract Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Artwork by Gary John
Peel Here Pop - Modern Abstract Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Artwork by Gary John

Peel Here Pop - Modern Abstract Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Artwork by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Foam Board

Pop Art figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

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