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Pop Art 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
Rebel Essence
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In this artwork, the central figure is the face of a young woman who looks directly at the viewer with firmness and a defiant attitude, a cigarette in her mouth, projecting an image ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Other Medium

La Tavola, Surrealist Pop Art Oil Painting on Canvas by Pietro Bulloni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pietro Bulloni, Italian (1947 - ) Title: La Tavola Year: 2010 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso Size: 23.5 in. x 23.5 in. (59.69...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Allow the unexpected, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Slyvester and Looney Tunes inspired, great colors, acrylic and spray on canvas, great art work, exhibitions in the best Art Galleries in France, USA and Mexico. :: Painting :: Pop-Ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Bobber Girl
Located in New York, NY
Joss Parker Bobber Girl in pop art style. Colors: Blue, White, Pink, Red, Yellow
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint

Cosmic Flyer (original mixed media and watercolor)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media drawing with watercolor on paper. Hand signed by Peter Max. Frame size 18.25 x 22.25 inches. Artwork size 11 x 15 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Weekdays., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
If you have not already noticed, I like to draw people in uniform. Men generally go uniform. It gives a clear address message and sharpens the situation. In many senses, the uniform ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Shenzhen. New Neighborhood.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Artist: Vadym Mykhalchuk Title: Shenzhen. New Neighborhood. Year: 2017 Style: Pop Art Materails: Oil on canvas Height: 80 cm Width: 100 cm
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Coca-Сola
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Vadym Mykhalchuk "Coca-Сola" 2018
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jose Palacios, Sigueme (Follow me), 2013
Located in New York, NY
In this original acrylic paint on canvas, Jose Palacios depicts a woman in a neo-cubist and pop art style climbing a winding white staircase. Her body is composed of geometrical shapes filled with patterns and colors in yellow, greens, blues, pinks, and purples and she is framed by purple and pink walls. She is carrying a red high heel...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Jose Palacios, Rosa, Acrylic on paper, 2014
Located in New York, NY
In this original acrylic paint on paper, Jose Palacios depicts "Rosa", a figure in a neo-cubist and pop art style. He uses vibrant yellow, blue and red shapes to compose her face whi...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer

Jose Palacios, Coqueta, Acrylic on paper, 2014
Located in New York, NY
In this original acrylic paint on paper, Jose Palacios depicts "Coqueta", a figure in a neo-cubist and pop art style. Her face is composed of vibrant blues, pinks, greens and yellows...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Libri, Pop Art Oil Painting on Canvas by Pietro Bulloni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pietro Bulloni, Italian (1947 - ) Title: Libri Year: 2018 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso Image Size: 12 x 12 inches Size: 15.5 x 15.5 in. (39.37 x 39....
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Amy" (FRAMED) Pop Art Painting 36" x 36" inch by Ty Joseph
Located in Culver City, CA
"Amy" (FRAMED) Pop Art Painting 36" x 36" inch by Ty Joseph * * * ABOUT THE ARTIST * * * “An art that is a quest through vibrant symbolic visuals of the artist’s identity.” Ty Jose...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Multiple windows, architectural art, original art, affordable art, urban art
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting is from Karen Lynn’s architectural series of paintings. “My intention was to paint a pale pink building, a masculine building but with feminine colour. The blocks of bl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Paternoster, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original work - big painting in contemporary pop art style from hungarian artist Janos Kujbus. Despite the fact that Janos Kujbus belongs to the younger generation of Hungarian fine...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Oil

In Pieces - Dragonfly, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Like the previous butterfly paintings the dragonfly is painted as though it were a living jigsaw which is disintegrating into the wind. The dragonfly symbolises life on earth, comple...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Marilyn - The only one, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Original Painting. Mix media Silkscreen finished with Diamond dust on paper. by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Marilyn – Sunshine, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Original Painting. Mix media Silkscreen finished with Diamond dust on paper. by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Marilyn – Secrets, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Original Painting. Mix media Silkscreen finished with Diamond dust on paper. by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Monopoly, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Monopoly and Bitcoin inspired, great colors, acrylic and spray on canvas, great art work, exhibitions in the best Art Galleries in France, USA and Mexico. :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: T...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Marilyn – I Love you, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Original Painting. Mix media Silkscreen finished with Diamond dust on paper. by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Marilyn-Until the day, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Original Painting. Mix media Silkscreen finished with Diamond dust on paper. by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Super Jlo, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

McDonald's, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
McDonald's Acrylic on paper 31x41cm :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Ye...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Super you, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Fiberglass Brooklyn Brick Wall by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certific...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Peace & Love, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Painting on Canvas. One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Marilyn Heart, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Original Painting on Paper by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with a unique...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Marilyn Vintage, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Marilyn Legend, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Original Painting on Paper by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with a unique...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Realization, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Realism Original Oil Painting on canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Oil

Red Apple 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Realism Original Oil Painting on canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Oil

Ben, Pop Art Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Miche Watkins
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Miche Watkins, British/South African (1953 - ) Title: Ben Year: 2016 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Tom Jerry Believe, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Snoopy i love u lots! - Original Painting on Canva, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Blin Blin Chanel, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani, hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with a unique dollar b...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Oil

Mickey Hope - Original Painting on Canvas, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Bugs Bunny Way Out - Original Painting on Canvas, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Sylvester Inspiration, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Mickey Forever - Original Painting on Canvas, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Mickey U R my best Gift, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Coca-Soup 2024 (Blue Drip)
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 Paintings

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Spray Paint, Wood Panel

You're A Hoot - Abstract Playful Quirky Owl Street Art Painting 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 Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Magenta Twirl - Playful Vibrant Figurative Ballerina 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 Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Kate (Haute Couture 1) , Celebrity Portrait Art, Pop Art, Fashion Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Agent X has created a bright and brilliant mash-up of iconic Pop Art aesthetics and digital collage techniques. Agent X intercuts Pop art imagery with panels of poppy pattern, colour...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

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Paper, Digital

Salty Jumbo Fries - Original Satirical Fast-Food Pop Art Painting 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 Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper

Fishing Lure II, Pop Art Painting by Rupert Jasen Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989) Title: Fishing Lure on Gold II Year: 1987 Medium: Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso Image Size: 1...
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1980s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Screen

Pop Art Modernist Collage Painting GENESIS Patrick Archer
Located in Surfside, FL
PATRICK ARCHER (American b. 1926) "Genesis VI" Collage on board. Sight: 13 x 11 inches, framed: 23 .5 x 21.5 inches. Signed and dated at lower right, signed titled and numbered on v...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

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Paper, Board

I'd never lie to you Bart, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Fantasy Battle, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I'm having fun with my subject matter choices lately. The Dartmoor series I'm doing enabled me to get out of the house and visit beautiful locations. This painting takes me back to w...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Budding Dream - Yu Yu exploring wonders with buddy Polar Bear
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Artist statement As I canoe through the boundless sea, With my eyes reflecting the endless blue above, I let it flow, as light as my heart carries. About the artist Chun-Yu emerges ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Downtown, Peninsula
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 Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Liberty Head (unique mixed media on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Mixed media with acrylic painting and color lithography on paper. Hand-signed in acrylic paint on front by Peter Max. A unique variation. Frame size 18 x 15.5 inches. Artwork siz...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Lithograph

Slug Bug
Located in New York, NY
Joss Parker The iconic Volkswagon Bug in blue in pop art style.
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Spray Paint

I See Blue, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
A fun experiment with a reclaimed canvas. This was a canvas bought from habitat for Humanity. It was the ugliest geometric painting I have seen in a while. I proceeded to sand it dow...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Oil

I'll never forget you, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Painting on Canvas. One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani available for you. Hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani ...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Acrylic

Wild Horses, The Race - Painting Brown White Orange Yellow Green Blue Pink Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
"Wild horses - the race" is a painting by Maestro Vlado Vesselinov. About the painting: Style and Technic: POP ART, Contemporary, Acrylic paint, oil on canvas The painting is unfra...
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Interal Letto, Pop Surrealist Painting by Pietro Bulloni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pietro Bulloni, Italian (1947 - ) Title: Interal Letto Year: 2010 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso Size: 23.5 in. x 23.5 in. (59.69 cm x 59.69 cm)
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2010s Pop Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Conceptual Pop Art Color Oil Monotype Painting Abstract Figure Robin Winters
Located in Surfside, FL
Robin Winters (American, born 1950), Untitled (Red Face) from "Cherry Block Series" 1986, monotype, pencil signed and dated lower right, plate: 6"h x 8.5"w, overall (with frame): 22.25"h x 18.25"w. Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, San Francisco. Winters was invited to make monotypes at Experimental Workshop in San Francisco, (they printed Richard Bosman, Sam Francis, Claire Falkenstein, Deborah Oropallo and Kenneth Noland and many more greats). Winters chose to paint on wood blocks rather than the more usual metal plates in order to capture the organic quality of the natural material. He exploited a salient characteristic of the monoprint in Ghost Story by adding new painted elements onto the increasingly faint ghost images that result from successive impressions from a single block. In so doing he achieved the effect of transparent layers of color and shadow imagery. Winters's brightly-colored monotypes portray an array of figures and landscapes (and an occasional still-life) that, although can be seen in the context of a general trend away from abstraction that has marked the 1980s, defy strict stylistic categorization. They are neither realistic nor abstract, psychological self-examinations nor narrative fictions, but they contain elements of all of these approaches. Like Jonathan Borofsky, Winters derives much of his subject matter from dreams, believing that through his private fears and obsessions he can touch similar emotions in others. Although at first glance Winters's images look as if they could have been made by a child, closer attention reveals sly art historical references to Jackson Pollock and Pattern Painting (the drip and splatter backgrounds), Mark Rothko (the three-part horizontal compositions) and Minimalism (the gridded Cherry Block Series: Bread Beat). Robin Winters (born 1950 in Benicia, California) is an American conceptual, multi-disciplinary, artist and teacher based in New York. Winters is known for creating solo exhibitions containing an interactive durational performance component to his installations, sometimes lasting up to two months. Winters first emerged in the burgeoning Soho NYC art scene of the 1970s. An early practitioner of the Relational Aesthetics (social interaction as an art medium) Winters also created in works through sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and prints. His art maintains a whimsical spirit, and he often returns to ongoing themes involving faces, boats, cars, bottles, hats and jesters or fools. Winters has incorporated such devices as blind dates, double dates, dinners, fortune telling, and free consultation in his performances. Throughout his career he has engaged in a wide variety of media, such as performance art, film, video, writing prose and poetry, photography, installation art, printmaking, drawing, painting, ceramic sculpture, bronze sculpture, and glassblowing. Winters was born in Benicia, California in 1950 to lawyer parents. As a child his hobby was collecting glass bottles found on the beach and under old buildings, which would later influence him as an artist. In 1968, Winters had his first durational performance, entitled Norman Thomas Travelling Museum. The artist drove a Volkswagen bus decorated in collage, many of the images relating to current events and politics. Inside was what the artist described as a “reliquary” containing many objects, including a bottle collection. Winters took the van to shopping centers and even as far as Mexico. That same year, Winters opted not to register for the military draft. Although he was deemed fit to serve, Winters refused. In 1975 the resulting legal proceedings finally came to a close after it was proven that the artist had been harassed by the local draft board. In his teens and early twenties, Winters became acquainted with several local artists who helped shape his aesthetic, most notably Manuel Neri and Robert Arneson. By the early 1970s, Winters was studying at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and had relocated to San Francisco. At this time Winters became friends with the Bay Area conceptual artists Terry Fox and Howard Fried, and participated in several of Fried's performance works. In 1972 Winters was accepted into the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York City. After coming to New York City, Winters helped support himself by working for various artists, among them the performance artist Joan Jonas and sculptor Donald Judd. In 1974, Winters performed The Secret Life of Bob-E or Bob-E Behind the Veil eight hours a day, five days a week for a month in his studio apartment. Behind a one-way mirror the audience could watch Winters play the character of Bob-E, whose goal was to make a monument for everyone in the world in the form of blue and yellow rubber top hats. By the end of the month the artist had constructed 262 hats. The following year, Winters was invited to take part in the Whitney Museum's 1975 Biennial Exhibition. Entitled W.B. Bearman Bags a Job or Diary of a Dreamer. Winters was traveling in 1975 and 1976, spending time in North Africa and in Europe. At a time when most young American artists were unaware of their European counterparts, Winters met and was influenced by such artists as Sigmar Polke and Marcel Broodthaers (with whom Winters worked on an installation) and also had a one-person exhibition, at the Konrad Fischer Gallery in Dusseldorf. Returning to New York in 1976, Winters teamed up with a group of artists to form Collaborative Projects (Colab), a rather anarchistic organization dedicated to artistic collaboration and the creation of art that questioned social values.. Also in 1976, Winters formed the partnership “X&Y” with fellow artist Coleen Fitzgibbon that would last two years. Together they performed a series of shows in the Netherlands, most notably a show entitled Take the Money and Run. Performed at De Appel in Amsterdam, the show involved the artists robbing their audience. The following day the audience was given an apology, as well as the opportunity to retrieve any valuables and participate in a lottery to win the artists’ services. They also made a Super 8 film in NY called Rich-Poor, in which they asked people on the streets their thoughts on the rich and poor. In 1980 Winters participated in The Real Estate Show and in Absurdities at ABC No Rio. That same year he and artists Peter Fend, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Peter Nadin, Jenny Holzer, and Richard Prince also formed The Offices of Fend, Fitzgibbon, Holzer, Nadin, Prince & Winters. This short-lived collective was based out of an office on lower Broadway and offered “Practical Esthetic Services Adaptable to Client Situation”, as stated on their business card. Their goal was to offer their art as “socially helpful work for hire”. In June of that year Winters participated in The Times Square Show, Colab's most well-known exhibition. The month-long show took place in a four floor building on West 41st Street and was densely packed with art. To cap off a busy year, Winters also became one of the first artists to join the Mary Boone Gallery, showing a successful solo exhibition in 1981. His work was shown in the New York/New Wave show in 1981 at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roberta Bayley, William S. Burroughs, David Byrne, Sarah Charlesworth, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Peter Fend, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Marcus Leatherdale, Christopher Makos, Robert Mapplethorpe, Elaine Mayes, Frank Moore, Kenny Scharf and others. In 1982, Winters had his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at the Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery. At the Mo David Gallery in 1984, Winters created an installation piece that consisted of a floor of plaster tiles. Underneath each tile, hidden from view, was a drawing. He designed the stage sets for the musician Nico, and assisted French artist Orlan, American artist Stuart Sherman, and American poet Gregory Corso. Two years later Winters was invited to take part in Chambres d’Amis (In Ghent there is Always a Free Room for Albrecht Durer) in Ghent, Belgium. In it, 51 artists created installations in 50 different sites, mostly private homes. Winters chose the home of a local art historian. The artist made 90 drawings based on images found in the large collection of art books in the home's library. He made two copies of each drawing and placed the originals in the books themselves. One set of copies was exhibited in the sponsoring museum, Museum van Hedendaagse, as "The Ghent Drawings". The drawings were also on display at Winters’ solo exhibition at Luhring Augustine & Hodes Gallery in New York City in 1987. In 1986, Winters had a solo exhibition at Maurice Keitelman Gallery in Brussels, Belgium, and the following year a solo exhibition at the Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse, France. Also in 1986, Winters' Playroom was held at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts. The exhibition was part of Think Tank, a retrospective of Winters' work which traveled to the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands, the Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain in France, and the Contemporary Arts Center in Ohio. Winters spent a month in 1989 working with students at the San Francisco Art Institute. Never having worked with ceramics, he spent the month making numerous ceramic pieces, which were then shown in the aptly named One Month in San Francisco. Other components of the piece included Winters’ childhood bottle collection and a video showing each piece in the show filmed briefly next to a ruler.[ Also that year, Robin served as a visiting artist at the Pilchuck Glass School, where he met artist John Drury, who was then working as the school's artist liaison. In the summer of 1990, Winters interviewed fellow artist Kiki Smith for her eponymous book, which was published later that year. That same year (1990), Winters was invited by the Val Saint Lambert glass factory in Belgium to create glassworks in their facility. Winters, artists John Drury and Tracy Glover...
Category

1980s Pop Art Paintings

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

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