Mel Ramos

Tomato Catsup, A.C. Annie, Lola Cola, Tobacco Red

1971-1972

A sculpture by Tom Wesselmann. "Bedroom Brunette with Irises" is a contemporary wall sculpture, oil on cut-out aluminum by Blue Chip, Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. The work is unsigned. This piece was conceived in 1988 and frabricated by Lippincott Sculpture studio in 2004. Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati Ohio on February 23 1931. He attended college from 1945-1951, first at the Hiram College in Ohio and then the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in psychology. He was drafted during the Korean War in 1952, and it was during this time that Wesselmann did his first cartoons. After he was discharged and had finished in degree in psychology, Wesselmann began to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He sold his first cartoon strips to two magazines, 1000 Jokes and True. In 1956, he was accepted to Cooper Union in New York and he continued his studies there. It was while he was studying in New York, specifically on a trip to the MoMA that Wesselmann became inspired by Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. In 1958, a landscape painting trip to Cooper Union’s Green Camp in New Jersey brought him to the realization that he could make his career in painting, rather than cartooning. After graduation, Wesselmann became one of the founding members of the Judson Gallery, along with Marc Ratliff and Jim Dine. Wesselmann also began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design. In 1961, Wesselmann began the series that would bring him to the attention of the art world, Great American Nude. After a dream concerning the phrase “red, white and blue”, Wesselmann decided to limit himself to a palette of only those colors (including colors like gold and khaki that are associated with patriotic motifs). This series incorporated representational images along the same patriotic theme, including American landscape photographs and portraits of the founding fathers. Wesselmann often collaged these images from magazines and discarded posters which required him to work in a much larger format than he was used to. As his works became larger and larger he approached advertisers directly to acquire billboards. Wesselmann’s first solo show was held in 1961 at Tanager Gallery. In 1962, Richard Bellamy gave him a one man exhibition at the Green Gallery. In 1962, Wesselmann participated in the group exhibition “New Realists” at the Sidney Janis Gallery and kicked off his international career. In that same year his first pieces with the title of Still Life, came about. In these works, Wesselmann concentrated on the juxtaposition of different elements, i.e. a cigarette ad...

"Untitled (Censor Painting Pink)" is a nude figurative acrylic on inkjet board painting by Richard Prince in 2009. The artwork is 35 1/2 x 30 inches and 37 1/2 x 32 x 1 1/2 inches wi...

A drawing by Irving Norman. "Striptease" is a macabre cultural commentary drawing, pencil and color pencil on paper executed in a dark palette of blacks, grays, and reds by social su...

A painting by Eric Jon Holswade. "Soda" is a flash on paper painting executed in bright reds, yellows, greens, blues and grays and depicts a billowing smoke stack. Signed in pencil, ...

Mel Ramos (born 1935) Coca-Lola No. 4, 2004 Medium: Lithograph in colors Image dimensions: 67.5 x 44.5 cm Sheet dimensions: 88 x 60 cm Edition of 100: Hand signed and numbered “Mr. ...

Artist: Mel Ramos Title: Lola Cola #4 (Michelle Pfeiffer) Year: 2004 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 199, HC L Paper...

Artist: Mel Ramos (American, b. 1935) Title: Red Hots Year: 2013 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 199 Image Size: 24.25 x 30.5 i...

Artist: Mel Ramos Title: Lola Cola #5 (Drew Barrymore) Year: 2005 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 199 Paper Size: 34 x 2...