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Pop Art

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
BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986
BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986

BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jean-Michel Basquiat Hanover 1986: Rare 1986 Basquiat catalog published on the occasion of Jean-Michel Basquiat Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover: 28 November 1986 to 25 January 1987. Featuring 60 works by a then 25 year old Basquiat, Kestner is widely remembered as Basquiat’s last major exhibition during his lifetime. Medium: softcover exhibition catalogue. Bound in stiff wraps. Text in German. Approximately 100 pages. Features full-page images of over 30 Basquiat paintings, in addition to several in collaboration with Andy Warhol. Very good overall vintage condition. From a scarce edition of unknown. _ We are a 1stDibs seller since 2016 specializing in Basquiat, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, KAWS & more. _ Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential African-American artist who rose to success during the 1980s. Basquiat’s paintings are largely responsible for elevating graffiti artists into the realm of the New York gallery scene. His spray-painted crowns and scribbled words referenced everything from his Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage, to political issues, pop-culture icons, and Biblical verse. The gestural marks and expressive nature of his work not only aligned him with the street art of Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, but also the Neo-Expressionists Julian Schnabel and David Salle. “If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence,” he said of his process. “It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.” Born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY, Basquiat never finished high school but developed an appreciation for art as a youth, from his many visits to the Brooklyn Museum of Art with his mother. His early work consisted of spray painting buildings and trains in downtown New York alongside his friend Al Diaz. The artist’s tag was the now infamous pseudonym SAMO. After quickly rising to fame in the early 1980s, Basquiat was befriended by many celebrities and artists, including Andy Warhol, with whom he made several collaborative works. At only 27, his troubles with fame and drug addiction led to his tragic death from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988 in New York, NY. The Whitney Museum of American Art held the artist’s first retrospective from October 1992 to February 1993. In 2017, after having set Basquiat’s auction record the previous year with a $57.3 million purchase, the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa surpassed it, buying the artist’s Untitled (1982) at Sotheby's for $110.5 million. This set a new record for the highest price ever paid at auction for an American artist's work. Today, Basquiat's works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, among others. Related Categories: Jean-Michel Basquiat Bischofberger...

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1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper

In Arms - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art
In Arms - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art

In Arms - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art

By Jonas Fisch

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Board

KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)

KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS' signature character COMPANION in a resting seated position. Published by All Rights Reserve...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

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

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

By Peter Max

Located in Long Island City, NY

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

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Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Nirvana - In Utero (Record Label, Ticket Stubs, Pop Art, Grammy)
Nirvana - In Utero (Record Label, Ticket Stubs, Pop Art, Grammy)

Nirvana - In Utero (Record Label, Ticket Stubs, Pop Art, Grammy)

By Kerry Smith

Located in Kansas City, MO

Kerry Smith Nirvana - In Utero Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 12x12in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1630 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss finish av...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Blue Bottle - Abstract Warhol Still Life Graffiti Pop Art Painting by Gary John
Blue Bottle - Abstract Warhol Still Life Graffiti Pop Art Painting by Gary John

Blue Bottle - Abstract Warhol Still Life Graffiti Pop Art Painting by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

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

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

KAWS Take Figure, Pink BFF Companion, Resin and Vinyl Paint, 2010+
KAWS Take Figure, Pink BFF Companion, Resin and Vinyl Paint, 2010+

KAWS Take Figure, Pink BFF Companion, Resin and Vinyl Paint, 2010+

By KAWS

Located in Dallas, TX

Several months after releasing the KAWS Share Figure in February, the artist released his long anticipated KAWS Take Figure. The figure, which features a blue BFF holding a brown Com...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Indian Coca-Cola, Darjeeling - Pop Art Typography Photography
Indian Coca-Cola, Darjeeling - Pop Art Typography Photography

Indian Coca-Cola, Darjeeling - Pop Art Typography Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

This red panorama photograph brings a fantastic pop of colour to a room and the details in it take you on the journey with the photographer. Whilst in Darjeeling Richard became fasci...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Heliotherapy Love - Iconic Love Pop Art Screen Print in Colors, 1995
Heliotherapy Love - Iconic Love Pop Art Screen Print in Colors, 1995

Heliotherapy Love - Iconic Love Pop Art Screen Print in Colors, 1995

By Robert Indiana

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“Heliotherapy” is a bold screenprint in colors by American Pop Artist, Robert Indiana. The artwork is signed lower right, "Robert Indiana ’95" Edition 10/300, printed by Brand X Editions, New York, published by Donald J. Christal, Los Angeles Robert Indiana’s Heliotherapy...

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Late 20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Dice I, Hemsby, Norfolk - Multicolor Photography
Dice I, Hemsby, Norfolk - Multicolor Photography

Dice I, Hemsby, Norfolk - Multicolor Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

'Dice', photograph from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' series, the vivid detail of the dice lucky number 8 ball in a fun multi-colour picture. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, g...

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Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Profile, Pop Art Portrait by Peter Max
Profile, Pop Art Portrait by Peter Max

Profile, Pop Art Portrait by Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937) Title: Profile Year: 1986 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 40 in. x 30 in. (101.6 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 49.5 x 39.5 inches

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1980s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

LOVE
LOVE

LOVE

By Robert Indiana

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Robert Indiana (1928-2018) was a pre-eminent figure of American Pop art best known for his masterpiece, the iconic "LOVE". Captivated by the mythology of the American dream, Indiana...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

PRIDE (framed)
PRIDE (framed)

PRIDE (framed)

By Karyn Mannix

Located in East Hampton, NY

As Seen at Art on Paper Art Fair 2024 at The Mannix Project East Hampton NY hard to photograph image PRIDE (comes framed in white frame) Art size is 24x18 framed 26x20 LBGTQ theme G...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

"Constellation of Flowers."
"Constellation of Flowers."

"Constellation of Flowers."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

Flowers, like stars, come together to form their own universe of harmony and dreams.This artwork is a reminder that beauty is born wherever the heart remains open to wonder.

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic

"The girl under the oonlight."
"The girl under the oonlight."

"The girl under the oonlight."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

A delicate female silhouette dissolves into a shimmering space of light and shadow. The painting is filled with a sense of silence, dreaminess, and inner light. 50x40x1,5cm.

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Lacquer, Acrylic

Sun over Sonoran Desert, Original Painting
Sun over Sonoran Desert, Original Painting

Sun over Sonoran Desert, Original Painting

By John Jaster

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Soft blues and reds sweep through this impressionistic sunset over the Sonoran Desert. The sun glows on the horizon, illuminating the cactus and shrubs scattere...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Cocktail with ice."
"Cocktail with ice."

"Cocktail with ice."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

The work belongs to lyrical or chromatic abstraction, where the focus is on color and form rather than on the exact reproduction of details. Acrylic painting is used, using a palette...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

Apocalypse 2
Apocalypse 2

Apocalypse 2

By Keith Haring

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist: Keith Haring Title: Apocalypse 2 Size: 38 × 38 in 96.5 × 96.5 cm Medium: Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board Edition: 22 of 90 Year: 1988 Notes: Hand-signed by artist, Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil. Published by George Mulder Fine Arts, New York. Catalog Raisonne: Littmann, 98. Text: Willliam S. Burroughs Page 2 The planet is pulling loose from its moorings, careening into space, spilling cities and mountains and seas into the Void, spinning faster and faster as days and nights flash by like subway stations. Iron penis chimneys ejaculate blue sparks in a reek of ozone, tunnels crunch down teeth of concrete and steel, flattening cars like beer cans...

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1980s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Morning View II

Morning View II

By Jeni Stallings

Located in Atlanta, GA

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

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Madcap Muse - Abstract Colorful Mixed Media Contemporary Painting
Madcap Muse - Abstract Colorful Mixed Media Contemporary Painting

Madcap Muse - Abstract Colorful Mixed Media Contemporary Painting

By Jonas Fisch

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Silence Equals Death, 1989
Silence Equals Death, 1989

Silence Equals Death, 1989

By Keith Haring

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Keith Haring Silence Equals Death, 1989 is a remarkable work completed in the final years of the artist’s life. The work is an adaptation of the iconic political poster for the Silen...

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1980s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

"Pears" original lithograph

"Pears" original lithograph

By Peter Dechar

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original offset lithograph. Published by Art In America for a special series of original lithographs in 1970, and printed by Triton Press. Size: 8 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches (225 x ...

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1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jaz
Jaz

Jaz

By John Randall Nelson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

John Randall Nelson’s paintings are layered with his own personal language consisting of patterns, symbols, and archetypes that may not make any literal sense but play on subconsciou...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Jeff Koons - Flower Drawing inscribed signed twice, in Whitney Museum monograph
Jeff Koons - Flower Drawing inscribed signed twice, in Whitney Museum monograph

Jeff Koons - Flower Drawing inscribed signed twice, in Whitney Museum monograph

By Jeff Koons

Located in New York, NY

Jeff Koons Original Flower Drawing (signed twice), 2016 Original, hand signed drawing inscribed to Nadine, done with silver sharpie, and held in hardback monograph with dust jacket, ...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Acting Tough by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART

Acting Tough by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Acting Tough by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size Oversize 24 x 20" inches / 61 x 51 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print Limited t...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Peter Max Statue of Liberty (Signed, Stamped & Numbered) - Framed Print
Peter Max Statue of Liberty (Signed, Stamped & Numbered) - Framed Print

Peter Max Statue of Liberty (Signed, Stamped & Numbered) - Framed Print

By Peter Max

Located in New Orleans, LA

A large, bright, powerful image of the statue of liberty by famous American artist Peter Max. I have included a photo of this same print being offered on Artsy for significantly more money. You can read about this iconic series by visiting the website of Park West Gallery...

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2010s Pop Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Banana Drawing, Crayon and Pastel on Paper, Pop Art, Signed, 1970
Banana Drawing, Crayon and Pastel on Paper, Pop Art, Signed, 1970

Banana Drawing, Crayon and Pastel on Paper, Pop Art, Signed, 1970

By David Hockney

Located in Aventura, FL

Original colored crayons and pastel drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on front by David Hockney. Artwork size 16.75 x 14inches. Frame size approx 27 x 24 inches. Provenance: Annely Juda Fine Art; Richard Gray Gallery. Artwork in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: David Hockney is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Perhaps best known for his serial paintings of swimming pools, portraits of friends, and verdant landscapes, the artist’s oeuvre ranges from collaged photography and opera posters to Cubist-inspired abstractions and plein-air paintings of the English countryside. Often returning to a certain motif again and again, he probes the manifold ways one can see an image or a space. Hockney’s exploration of photography’s effect on painting and everyday life is evinced in his hallmark work A Bigger Splash (1967). “In art, new ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling; you can't divorce the two, as, we are now aware, you cannot have time without space and space without time,” he has explained. Born on July 9, 1937 in Bradford, United Kingdom, Hockney attended the Royal College of Art in London alongside R.B. Kitaj. At school, he studied under both Francis Bacon and Peter Blake, but also credits Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse for influencing his distinctive and varied style. In 1963, the artist traveled to Southern California for the first time and fell in love with the bright sunshine and easygoing lifestyle. Since then, he has alternated living and working between Yorkshire, United Kingdom, and Los Angeles, CA. In November 2018, his 1972 painting...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pastel

Portrait of Marylin Monroe, American Pop Artist
Portrait of Marylin Monroe, American Pop Artist

Portrait of Marylin Monroe, American Pop Artist

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

James Francis Gill (American, Born 1934) Signed: Gill 7 (Lower, Right) " Marilyn Pose 3 ", 2007 (Titled on Canvas Verso) (Marilyn Monroe) Acrylic over Print on Canvas Housed in...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pop Art art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Pop art 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 art 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, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jack Mitchell, Andy Warhol, Peter Max, and Heidler & Heeps. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper 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, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available.