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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
Statue of Liberty (huge original painting)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand-signed and dated in acrylic on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 96 x 48 inches. Frame size aprox 100 x 52 inches. Peter Max studio catalog...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Curtis Kulig Love Me Painting (Curtis Kulig Love Me Smiley canvas)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Curtis Kulig Blue Love Me Painting, 2019: Using a most universal symbol, 'The Smiley', Curtis Kulig replaces the eyes with his world renown signature mark, 'Love Me'. At 18 inches in diameter, this hand signed painting, is the perfect piece for decorative and collecting purposes. Medium: Acrylic on Linen Canvas. Measures 18 inches in diameter. Unique. Hand-signed on the verso. Obtained directly from artist. Excellent condition. About The Artist Artist Curtis Kulig lives and works in New York City. A decade ago, his private plea 'Love Me' became part of the urban fabric...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

A distance. Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a girl standing on the shoreline, sh...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Zombie girl fan of Sailor Moon 100x80cm, tempera on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Zombie girl fan of Sailor Moon 100x80cm.Tempera/canvas
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Tempera

The Darkness That We Knew - Surrealist Original Figurative Art Blue Monochrome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"David Bowie Ziggy Stardust" Contemporary Pop Art Pixelated Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pop art inspired pixelated portrait of iconic singer David Bowie Ziggy Stardust. Similar to pointillism, the individual hand-painted blocks of color come together to for...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Enamel

Rodeo Sheriff - Abstract Quirky Figurative Pop Art Western Painting 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

A Short History of the Chinese Artwork Narrow Tall Original Painting on Canvas
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

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Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

Snoopy and His Friends - Minimalist Abstract 3D Textural Colorful Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Purple Mountains, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A cyclist navigates a winding road flanked by towering cliffs and stark shadows. No other riders, cars, or signs of human life—just one figure in motion. Ye...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

STATUE OF LIBERTY (HUGE PAINTING)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic painting on canvas. Hand-signed in acrylic on front by Peter Max. Canvas size 71.75 x 35.75 inches. Custom framed with hand painted filet. Frame size approx 86 x 50 inches. Max studio catalog number and year on verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Gallery Art issued Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Peter Max (American, born 1937) is a German artist known for his unique brand of rainbow-hued prints and paintings, which he has created since the early 1960s. Employing painterly strokes, his illustrations incorporate a wide spectrum of colors and patterns as seen in his Umbrella Man series. “I'm just wowed by the universe. I'm just glad to do something I love to do. I love color, I love painting, I love shapes...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Spiritual Metamorphosis by Alexander Schaller - Acrylic on Canvas - 43x59 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre Schaller is a Swiss artist from Geneva, known for his contributions to the Pop Art movement. His artwork exemplifies his distinctive style, characterized by vibrant colors...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Body Clock - Mixed Media Abstract Original Figurative Painting
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 resin to create his urban inspir...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Resin, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Orpheus - Jean Cocteau Retro Book Original Artwork on Canvas for Narrow Wall
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

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Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

Las Vegas Icons Collage (unique hand painted silkscreen on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique hand painted silkscreen on canvas. Hand signed on verso by Steve Kaufman. Canvas is not stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Screen

Leta and the Hill Myna
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Leta and the Hill Myna" is a painting by American Pop artist Mel Ramos. The work is signed verso "Mel Ramos". Mel Ramos is a California based Pop artist best known for his paintings of superheroes and female nudes, including Marilyn Monroe and Scarlet Johansson, with pop culture imagery. Many of his subjects emerge from Chiquita bananas...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Run Like Hell Tokyo" Large Original Gary John Pop Art Mickey Street Painting
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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Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

CHOCOLATE BUNNY FS IIIA.49
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint, on Stonehenge paper, with full margins. Unsigned. Warhol Foundation stamp on verso. Sheet size 30.25 x 22 inches. Image size 22.5 x 18.125 inches. Custom framed as p...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Screen

Fuck Off I Am Rich - Colorful Figurative Modern Cultural Commentary Original Art
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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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Color Pencil, Graphite

Summer Bloom - Floral Figurative Portrait Feminine
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 50-inch square painting evokes a sense of delight and playfully nods at summery vintage aesthetics. This one-of-a-kind painting is painted with acrylic paint on canvas. 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. 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

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Canvas, Acrylic

Side Show X 4 - Colorful Retro Contemporary Pop Art After Warhol 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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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Orange Splash Lolli - Bird and Candy Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for her whimsical paintings and sculptures that combine people, animals, and food. Using oils, watercolors, and mixed media, ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Flowers That Are Born to Fight"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Woman-Warrior of the modern world" Series The painting "Flowers That Are Born to Fight" symbolizes strength and beauty, hardened in the fire of life's trials. A woman with a bouque...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Elvis", Denied Andy Warhol Silver & Black Pop Art Painting by Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elvis, Metallic Silver and Black Full Length Silkscreen Painting by Charles Lutz Silkscreen and silver enamel painted on vintage 1960's era linen with Artist's Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. 82" x 40" inches 2010 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 are uncritical of a generated public image issued for mass consumption fails to appreciate the acuity of his specific re-presentation of the King. As with Marilyn, Liz and Marlon, Warhol instinctively understood the Elvis brand as an industrialized construct, designed for mass consumption like a Coca-Cola bottle or Campbell's Soup Can, and radically revealed it as a precisely composed non-reality. Of course Elvis offered Warhol the biggest brand of all, and he accentuates this by choosing a manifestly contrived version of Elvis-the-film-star, rather than the raw genius of Elvis as performing Rock n' Roll pioneer. A few months prior to the present work he had silkscreened Elvis' brooding visage in a small cycle of works based on a simple headshot, including Red Elvis, but the absence of context in these works minimizes the critical potency that is so present in Double Elvis. With Double Elvis we are confronted by a figure so familiar to us, yet playing a role relating to violence and death that is entirely at odds with the associations entrenched with the singer's renowned love songs. Although we may think this version of Elvis makes sense, it is the overwhelming power of the totemic cipher of the Elvis legend that means we might not even question why he is pointing a gun rather than a guitar. Thus Warhol interrogates the limits of the popular visual vernacular, posing vital questions of collective perception and cognition in contemporary society. The notion that this self-determinedly iconic painting shows an artificial paradigm is compounded by Warhol's enlistment of a reflective metallic surface, a treatment he reserved for his most important portraits of Elvis, Marilyn, Marlon and Liz. Here the synthetic chemical silver paint becomes allegory for the manufacture of the Elvis product, and directly anticipates the artist's 1968 statement: "Everything is sort of artificial. I don't know where the artificial stops and the real starts. The artificial fascinates me, the bright and shiny..." (Artist quoted in Exh. Cat., Stockholm, Moderna Museet and traveling, Andy Warhol, 1968, n.p.). At the same time, the shiny silver paint of Double Elvis unquestionably denotes the glamour of the silver screen and the attractive fantasies of cinema. At exactly this time in the summer of 1963 Warhol bought his first movie camera and produced his first films such as Sleep, Kiss and Tarzan and Jane Regained. Although the absence of plot or narrative convention in these movies was a purposely anti-Hollywood gesture, the unattainability of classic movie stardom still held profound allure and resonance for Warhol. He remained a celebrity and film fanatic, and it was exactly this addiction that so qualifies his sensational critique of the industry machinations behind the stars he adored. Double Elvis was executed less than eighteen months after he had created 32 Campbell's Soup Cans for his immortal show at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles in July and August 1962, and which is famously housed in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In the intervening period he had produced the series Dollar Bills, Coca-Cola Bottles, Suicides, Disasters, and Silver Electric Chairs, all in addition to the portrait cycles of Marilyn and Liz. This explosive outpouring of astonishing artistic invention stands as definitive testament to Warhol's aptitude to seize the most potent images of his time. He recognized that not only the product itself, but also the means of consumption - in this case society's abandoned deification of Elvis - was symptomatic of a new mode of existence. As Heiner Bastian has precisely summated: "the aura of utterly affirmative idolization already stands as a stereotype of a 'consumer-goods style' expression of an American way of life and of the mass-media culture of a nation." (Exh. Cat., Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie (and traveling), Andy Warhol: Retrospective, 2001, p. 28). For Warhol, the act of image replication and multiplication anaesthetized the effect of the subject, and while he had undermined the potency of wealth in 200 One Dollar Bills, and cheated the terror of death by electric chair in Silver Disaster # 6, the proliferation of Elvis here emasculates a prefabricated version of character authenticity. Here the cinematic quality of variety within unity is apparent in the degrees to which Presley's arm and gun become less visible to the left of the canvas. The sense of movement is further enhanced by a sense of receding depth as the viewer is presented with the ghost like repetition of the figure in the left of the canvas, a 'jump effect' in the screening process that would be replicated in the multiple Elvis paintings. The seriality of the image heightens the sense of a moving image, displayed for us like the unwinding of a reel of film. Elvis was central to Warhol's legendary solo exhibition organized by Irving Blum at the Ferus Gallery in the Fall of 1963 - the show having been conceived around the Elvis paintings since at least May of that year. A well-known installation photograph shows the present work prominently presented among the constant reel of canvases, designed to fill the space as a filmic diorama. While the Elvis canvases...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Enamel

"Blue Mona Lisa'" Contemporary Leonardo da Vinci Inspired Figure Pixel Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pop art inspired pixelated rendition of a detail from Leonardo da Vinci's renowned painting, the "Mona Lisa." Similar to pointillism, the individual hand-painted blocks...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Enamel

Contemporary pop art Acrylic on Canvas Hand painted Smoking Blonde figurative
Located in New York, NY
It is said that Marbling (his painting technique) originated in Japan in the 12th Century. Mikael has been able to reinvent the technique existing for more than hundreds of years li...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

DRC
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique and original painting, ready to hang. Campbell La Pun’s unique spray can paintings merge street art sensibilities with vibrant pop culture influences, transforming ordinary s...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Through the Mirror - Original Mixed Media Surrealist Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic and charcoal on archival copies of newspaper, textbooks, or sheet music. His street art tends to focus on social a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper

Robot Batman - Original Pop Retro Artwork on Newspaper by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was named one of 20 standout artists at the 2014 NY Affordable Art Fair. His works have been represented by Artspace Warehouse since 2013. His contemporary artworks continue to be exhibited at major international art fairs in the United States, Asia and Europe, including Los Angeles, New York, London, Singapore and Hong Kong. Celebrities and major art collectors worldwide have acquired his timeless artworks, which have seen a significant increase in value. This original artwork is 23 inches high by 22 inches wide, and is a pop art composition painted onto newspaper featuring a Batman robot toy...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Outlaw Smurf - Original Pop Street Art Artwork on Newspaper by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Vibrant Green Portrait with Red Monocle and Intense Gaze - Ancestor Clones #17
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This vibrant acrylic painting by Natasha Lelenco, part of her on process Ancestor Clones series, features a striking symbolic face depicted in intense shades of green. The portrait's...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Spray Paint, Acrylic

UMBRELLA MAN
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media drawing with watercolor on paper. Hand signed by Peter Max. Frame size approx 17 x 21 inches. Artwork size 11 x 15 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition....
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

UMBRELLA MAN
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Modern Architecture - Original Artwork Critical History Modern Design Architect
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

Waves. Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a girl standing in a water. Colors a...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Honor and Gucci - Original Playful Origami Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emilio Rama's captivating pop art-inspired paintings featuring origami animal figures are a distinctive and original contribution to the realm of contempor...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Most Powerful Wonder Woman - Large Textural Figurative Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

The Day We Caught The Train - Large Oversized Original Figurative Still Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English artist Jonjo Elliot's large scale still life works are a collision of expressionistic fauvism and his collections encourage a youthful candor. Plants thrive in environments t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Danish Design - Original Mid Century Modern Book Artwork on Canvas
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

"Curious Cat in 3D" - Pink Panther Pop Street Art on 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

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

"You Are the One" Series. Set of 6 Vibrant Acrylic Portraits with Floral Accents
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Natasha Lelenco's series "You Are the One" is a vibrant and surreal collection of six unique paintings that explore contemporary themes of the human figure, anthropomorphism, reality...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

"On the Link of Times"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The work took part in the exhibition "Draw me a poem" in the National Museum of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra 2024. The painting "On the Link of Times" reveals the theme of anti-fragility thro...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration by Roz Jennings, British watercolor and ink on card, unframed size: 12 x 8.25 inches condition: very good A beautifu...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

A group - Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ARTIST Joanna Woyda (b. 1981) Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2000-2005). She received her honorary degree in 2005. She was also a scholarship holder of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Holding Ships III
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

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Retro_Pop_Female Portrait/Figurative_Acrylic_James Wolanin, Summer Love
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
JAMES WOLANIN "Summer Love" Acrylic & Gloss Varnish on Panel 36 x 36 inches ______________________ James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated w...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Varnish, Acrylic, Panel

Interdimensional Future - Colorful Original Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles native RF fuses original and iconic characters in her vivid graffiti-inspired twisted pop artworks. Within each artwork, RF blends a mix of humor, eccentricity, and contr...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

KISS - Original Contemporary Painting From The Pop Icon Art Series by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Spiderman The Beginning - Original Textural Cartoon 3 Dimension Pop Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Judy Rifka, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Paper Hockey Players
Located in Surfside, FL
Judy Rifka (American, b. 1945) "Ice Hockey" Acrylic or oil paint on Fabriano paper paintings featuring multiple hockey players executed in yellow, white, purple, and black hues. Ha...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dress Out of Daisies - Colorful Abstract Figurative Fashion Artwork 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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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board, Oil Pastel

Orange Giraffe, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A group of men in hats had their photo session interrupted by an orange giraffe eager to join in. Amused by the giraffe's wide smile, they decided to keep the photo. The orange background highlights their presence and adds an energetic feel to the scene.


About the Artist
Artist John McCabe produces graphic illustrations that take a progressive spin on pop art. He typically takes influence from his music to create vibrant caricatures of people, places, and things significant to the industry. Growing up, one of the highlights for John when buying music is the artwork on the packages. Inspired by that, he created art for his first EP, and every subsequent release includes artwork for each single, plus a front and back cover for the record. "The pieces are normally tied or related to the lyrics of a particular song," shares John. "In the case where I have made a series structured around music, a unique narrative unfolds within each." As imaginative as he is, John usually paints from the island surface of his kitchen or the dining room table. His music studio also doubles as a work area where he does pre-sketches. John has had several profiles from VoyageLA, Shoutout LA, and Queen City Arts and Sounds. His record label has featured his works along with his eclectic music releases.


Words that describe this painting: hats, giraffe, suit, hat, polka dot pants...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Sensory Release" Pop Art Figurative in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sensory Release" Pop Art Figurative in Acrylic on Canvas Bold pop art portrait by Hilary Druley (American, b. 1982). A person is depicted in a hard-edg...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Other Medium

Silent Bonds
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Silent Bonds" is a touching depiction of human connection. Six graceful hands, illustrated in gentle monochrome tones on a textured white canvas, are entwined by a single red thread...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pop art contemporary alice blue yellow sculptural figurative interior Painting
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand cut and hand painted artwork by Italian artist Riffblast. It’s signed on the back as an original work of art ready to hang with frame.
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Friendship - Original Pastel Pop Art Painting with Cartoon and Comic Characters
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 express a fascination with highly emotional content while retaining childlike playfulness. The fusion of positivity and nostalgia evokes familiarity while placing Claude's original artworks in an innovative realm. The layered and complex paintings, with their simple messages, showcase his unique approach. Naguy Claude created this one-of-a-kind 21.5-inch high by 21-inch wide artwork with acrylic paint, spray paint, and varnish on canvas. His characters develop their own unique essence with layers of splattered and dripped acrylic and spray paint rendered with vivid colors. This artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. It is signed by the artist on the front and back and does not require framing. Convenient local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and international shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Coming from a working-class neighborhood in the Parisian suburbs, Claude had the opportunity to experience various cultures and traditions, which gave him a different outlook on the world and ignited his curiosity. During his teenage years, Claude was fascinated with public graffiti art while riding public transportation. He participated in his first exhibition at the age of 16. His artwork reflects the diverse influences he has encountered throughout his life, including his passion for popular culture, street art, and the emotional complexity of childhood. Cartoon icons such as The Simpsons, Mickey Mouse, Dragon Ball...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

In A Crowded Place
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sherry's paintings combine figuration and abstraction, with a series of colors and abstract forms combining to produce an image of people in groups. Czekus’ work examines the everyda...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (Record Label, Pop Art, Grammy, Made-To-Order Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (made-to-order) Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2018 (first painted) - Made-to-order painting shows the creation year Size: 12x12in Signed, d...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Ribbons - Purple Figurative Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in 1982 in Manzanillo, Cuba, artist Darwin Estacio Martinez honed his artistic skills at the Professional Academy of Fine Arts "El Alba" i...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Take the Money and Run Fast - Pop Art Painting Monopoly Man Enjoying Success
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to Contempora...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Charging Wonder Woman '66" Large Original Pop Art Painting on Architectural
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gary John’s "Charging Wonder Woman ‘66" is a striking mixed-media artwork that blends pop art, street art, and urban contemporary influences to create a bold, nostalgic tribute to th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Pop Art figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Steve Kaufman, Peter Max, Virginie Schroeder, and Philippe Huart. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Pop Art figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $3,350,000, while the average work sells for $4,015.

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