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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
KAWS UK Holiday Black (KAWS Holiday UK)
KAWS UK Holiday Black (KAWS Holiday UK)

KAWS UK Holiday Black (KAWS Holiday UK)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS: HOLIDAY United Kingdom Black (KAWS UK): KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an upright standing position with its eyes covered. New in thei...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

NEW MOON Signed Lithograph 1990, Pop Art Zen Monk, Umbrella, Meditation
NEW MOON Signed Lithograph 1990, Pop Art Zen Monk, Umbrella, Meditation

NEW MOON Signed Lithograph 1990, Pop Art Zen Monk, Umbrella, Meditation

By Peter Max

Located in Union City, NJ

NEW MOON is an original hand drawn lithograph by the renowned American Pop artist, Peter Max, printed in an edition of 150, using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. NEW MOON is a mesmerizing, transcendental composition depicting a large red moon rising among the clouds, as a long robed Zen monk...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cow
Cow

Cow

By Andy Warhol

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprint on wallpaper, 1971. Printed by Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, Inc., New York. Published for a Warhol exhibition at the Whitney Museum by Factory Additions, New Yor...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Heart Series IV, Peter Max

Heart Series IV, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series IV Year: 1998 Edition: 300/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

KAWS HOLIDAY Hong Kong (announcement)
KAWS HOLIDAY Hong Kong (announcement)

KAWS HOLIDAY Hong Kong (announcement)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS HOLIDAY: Hong Kong 2019: Rare inflated promotional figure published by All Rights Reserved to advertise the debut of a large scale KAWS floating figure in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Plastic, Lithograph

Kaleidoscope III, Pop Art Screenprint by John Grillo

Kaleidoscope III, Pop Art Screenprint by John Grillo

By John Grillo

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: John Grillo, American (1917 - 2014) Title: Kaleidoscope III Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 22 x 30 inches Size: ...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer

Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer

By Roz Jennings

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 beautifully colorful and characterfu...

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

QUEEN OF QUEENS: A TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH II (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints)
QUEEN OF QUEENS: A TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH II (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints)

QUEEN OF QUEENS: A TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH II (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints)

By Mauro Oliveira

Located in LOS ANGELES, CA

**FALL SUPER SALE UNTIL OCTOBER 13TH** Celebrating the beloved QUEEN ELIZABETH II in a pop art that only Oliveira can make and think of. The colorful pinstripes represents all of h...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas

Heart Series I, Peter Max

Heart Series I, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart Series I Year: 1998 Edition: 130/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 5 x 4 inches Condition: Excellent Inscriptio...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" - Erotic - Cinema
Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" - Erotic - Cinema

Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" - Erotic - Cinema

By Andy Warhol

Located in PARIS, FR

Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" is a fascinating fusion of two artistic worlds: cinema and pop culture art. Directed by German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the film is based on Jean Genet's novel of the same name, exploring themes of desire, sexuality and mystery. Warhol, a celebrated figure of the Pop Art movement, brought his unique style to this iconic poster. Using vivid colors and striking contrasts, the poster highlights key elements of the film, including the unsettling sensuality of the main character, Querelle, played by Brad Davis. Warhol's association with the film gave a new artistic dimension to film promotion...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper

Spirit of Ecstasy - Pop Art Sculpture
Spirit of Ecstasy - Pop Art Sculpture

Spirit of Ecstasy - Pop Art Sculpture

By Alben

Located in New York, NY

Cheeky references to pop culture and the societal context. Grounded in a postmodern vernacular, Alben’s paintings and sculptures are a pastiche of art historical moments including P...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Found Objects

Cherry on top - Contemporary cocktail summer still life painting
Cherry on top - Contemporary cocktail summer still life painting

Cherry on top - Contemporary cocktail summer still life painting

By Hela

Located in DE

A bold celebration of leisure. This acrylic painting captures the essence of a modern cocktail hour through a graphic, Pop Art lens. A single glass filled with a deep red liquid take...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Mixed Media Artwork on Currency, Framed, Colorful Pop Art
Original Mixed Media Artwork on Currency, Framed, Colorful Pop Art

Original Mixed Media Artwork on Currency, Framed, Colorful Pop Art

By TBOY

Located in New York, NY

This is a 1/1 original currency with wood cutout framed - It's all hand done with spray paint and acrylic and pencil on currency, framed with non glare glass. TBOY is a British a...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

'Nutrition' - Painting of McDonald's on Board by British Graffiti Artist
'Nutrition' - Painting of McDonald's on Board by British Graffiti Artist

'Nutrition' - Painting of McDonald's on Board by British Graffiti Artist

By Chris Pegg

Located in Preston, GB

'Nutrition’ is an original painting by British urban and street artist Chris Pegg, a self-taught artist whose distinctive work frequently combines bold visual imagery with social com...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Wood, Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Bo...

"Untitled"
"Untitled"

"Untitled"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Soul in bloom, A vibrant expressionist portrait that masterfully weaves human emotion with the vivid beauty of nature. Painted with bold, textured brushstrokes and dynamic palette ch...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Boom City, London - Original Figurative Abstract Colorful City Mixed Media Art
Boom City, London - Original Figurative Abstract Colorful City Mixed Media Art

Boom City, London - Original Figurative Abstract Colorful City Mixed Media Art

By Fabio Coruzzi

Located in Los Angeles, CA

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

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite, Gel Pen

Sunset Sail, Peter Max
Sunset Sail, Peter Max

Sunset Sail, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Sunset Sail Year: 1998 Edition: 233/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 4.75 x 5.75 inches Condition: Excellent Inscrip...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Paul McCartney, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Paul McCartney, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Paul McCartney, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Iryna Kastsova

Located in Yardley, PA

Sir James Paul McCartney is a British musician, multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer. One of the founders of The Beatles, 16-time Grammy Award winner, Knight Bachelor and Comma...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Flying Doves, Peter Max

Flying Doves, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Flying Doves Year: 2002 Edition: 451/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 4.87 x 4.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Colorful Geometric Figurative Framed Painting with Playful Imaginary Characters
Colorful Geometric Figurative Framed Painting with Playful Imaginary Characters

Colorful Geometric Figurative Framed Painting with Playful Imaginary Characters

By Héctor Francesch

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Colorful geometric figurative painting featuring playful imaginary characters gathered in a dreamlike interior scene. La Quedada (“The Gathering”) belongs to Héctor Francesch’s ongo...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dennis Hopper Photographs 1961-1967 Limited Edition Hand Signed Monograph in box
Dennis Hopper Photographs 1961-1967 Limited Edition Hand Signed Monograph in box

Dennis Hopper Photographs 1961-1967 Limited Edition Hand Signed Monograph in box

By Dennis Hopper

Located in New York, NY

Dennis Hopper Photographs 1961 - 1967 (Limited Edition Hand Signed), 2009 Hardcover Book in Clamshell Box. Hand Signed and numbered 1327/1500 Hand signed by Dennis Hopper on the colophon page. 19 × 14 1/4 × 3 1/10 inches This is the limited edition (signed and numbered) collector's edition, not to be confused with the later mass market edition. Hand signed, hardcover book in a clamshell box from an edition of 1500. 17.3 x 13 inches (book) 19 x 14 1/4 inches (box) 546 pages Accompanied by Certificate of Guarantee issued by Alpha 137 Gallery During the 1960s, Dennis Hopper (1936–2010) carried a camera everywhere—on film sets and locations, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, driving on freeways, and walking in political marches. He photographed movie idols, pop stars, writers, artists, girlfriends, and complete strangers. Along the way he captured some of the most intriguing moments of his generation with a keen and intuitive eye. From a selection of photographs compiled by Hopper and gallerist Tony Shafrazi—more than a third of them previously unpublished—this Collector’s Edition distills the essence of Hopper’s prodigious photographic career, documenting the likes of Tina Turner in the studio, Andy Warhol at his first West Coast show, Paul Newman on set, and Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. In many ways this work is photography as film, a poignant narrative expressed through a series of stark images—early shots of Tijuana bullfights, LA happenings, and urban street scenes show an experimental freedom that would translate into the vivid cinematic imagery of Easy Rider and beyond. The images are accompanied by introductory essays from Tony Shafrazi and legendary West Coast art pioneer Walter Hopps, as well as an extensive biography by journalist Jessica Hundley. With excerpts from Victor Bockris’s interviews of Hopper’s famous subjects, friends, and family, this is an unprecedented exploration of the life and mind of one of America’s most fascinating personalities. CONTRIBUTORS The photographer Dennis Hopper (1936–2010) was an acclaimed artist, actor, screenwriter, and director who first impressed audiences with his performances in Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). He changed the face of American cinema with Easy Rider (1969), which he cowrote, directed, and starred in. Hopper went on to act in hundreds of memorable films and television shows, including Apocalypse Now (1979), Blue Velvet (1986), Hoosiers (1986), True Romance (1993), Basquiat (1997), Elegy (2008), and the TV series Crash (2008). Hopper began painting as a child and started taking photos in 1961, after his then wife Brooke Hayward gave him a 35 mm Nikon camera for his birthday. His paintings and photography have been exhibited all over the world, including the recent retrospective, “Dennis Hopper and the New Hollywood” in Paris. Dennis Hopper passed away May 29, 2010, in Venice, CA. The contributing authors An Englishman who moved to New York in 1973 and became connected to Andy Warhol, the Factory, and Interview, Victor Bockris has written books on Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Keith Richards, William S. Burroughs, Patti Smith, and Muhammad Ali. Walter Hopps (1933–2005) was one of the premier curators of 20th-century art. Cofounder of Los Angeles’s Ferus Gallery and director of the Pasadena Museum of Art, he was responsible for the first retrospectives of Kurt Schwitters, Joseph Cornell, and Marcel Duchamp. A key advocate of American Pop art, his 1962 survey “New Painting of Common Objects” was the first of its kind. After directing the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, he went on to build the Menil Collection museum in Houston and became its founding director in 1987. A filmmaker and frequently published art, music, and film journalist, Jessica Hundley has directed several documentaries and recently completed her second book, a biography of country-rock legend Gram Parsons...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Nicola (Nicky) Weymouth, unique acetate positive of British socialite provenance
Nicola (Nicky) Weymouth, unique acetate positive of British socialite provenance

Nicola (Nicky) Weymouth, unique acetate positive of British socialite provenance

By Andy Warhol

Located in New York, NY

Andy Warhol Nicola (Nicky) Weymouth, ca. 1976 Acetate positive, acquired directly from Chromacomp, Inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s. Accompanied by a Letter of Provenance from the representative of Chromacomp Unique Frame included: Elegantly framed in a museum quality white wood frame with UV plexiglass: Measurements: Frame: 18 x 15.5 x 1.5 inches Acetate: 11 x 8 inches This is the original, unique photographic acetate positive taken by Andy Warhol as the basis for his portrait of Nicky Weymouth, that came from Andy Warhol's studio, The Factory to his printer. It was acquired directly from Chromacomp, Inc. Andy Warhol's printer in the 1970s. It is accompanied by a Letter of Provenance from the representative of Chromacomp. This is one of the images used by Andy Warhol to create his iconic portrait of the socialite Nicola Samuel Weymouth, also called Nicky Weymouth, Nicky Waymouth, Nicky Lane Weymouth or Nicky Samuel. Weymouth (nee Samuel) was a British socialite, who went on to briefly marry the jewelry designer Kenneth Lane, whom she met through Warhol. This acetate positive is unique, and was sent to Chromacomp because Warhol was considering making a silkscreen out of this portrait. As Bob Colacello, former Editor in Chief of Interview magazine (and right hand man to Andy Warhol), explained, "many hands were involved in the rather mechanical silkscreening process... but only Andy in all the years I knew him, worked on the acetates." An acetate is a photographic negative or positive transferred to a transparency, allowing an image to be magnified and projected onto a screen. As only Andy worked on the acetates, it was the last original step prior to the screenprinting of an image, and the most important element in Warhol's creative process for silkscreening. Warhol realized the value of his unique original acetates like this one, and is known to have traded the acetates for valuable services. This acetate was brought by Warhol to Eunice and Jackson Lowell, owners of Chromacomp, a fine art printing studio in NYC, and was acquired directly from the Lowell's private collection. During the 1970s and 80s, Chromacomp was the premier atelier for fine art limited edition silkscreen prints; indeed, Chromacomp was the largest studio producing fine art prints in the world for artists such as Andy Warhol, Leroy Neiman, Erte, Robert Natkin, Larry Zox, David Hockney and many more. All of the plates were done by hand and in some cases photographically. Famed printer Alexander Heinrici worked for Eunice & Jackson Lowell at Chromacomp and brought Andy Warhol in as an account. Shortly after, Warhol or his workers brought in several boxes of photographs, paper and/or acetates and asked Jackson Lowell to use his equipment to enlarge certain images or portions of images. Warhol made comments and or changes and asked the Lowells to print some editions; others were printed elsewhere. Chromacomp Inc. ended up printing Warhol's Mick Jagger Suite and the Ladies & Gentlemen Suite, as well as other works, based on the box of photographic acetates that Warhol brought to them. The Lowell's allowed the printer to be named as Alexander Heinrici rather than Chromacomp, since Heinrici was the one who brought the account in. Other images were never printed by Chromacomp- they were simply being considered by Warhol. Warhol left the remaining acetates with Eunice and Jackson Lowell. After the Lowells closed the shop, the photographs were packed away where they remained for nearly a quarter of a century. This work is exactly as it was delivered from the factory. Unevenly cut by Warhol himself. This work is accompanied by a signed letter of provenance from the representative of Chromacomp, Andy Warhol's printer for many of his works in the 1970s. About Andy Warhol: Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves? —Andy Warhol Andy Warhol’s (1928–1987) art encapsulates the 1960s through the 1980s in New York. By imitating the familiar aesthetics of mass media, advertising, and celebrity culture, Warhol blurred the boundaries between his work and the world that inspired it, producing images that have become as pervasive as their sources. Warhol grew up in a working-class suburb of Pittsburgh. His parents were Slovak immigrants, and he was the only member of his family to attend college. He entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1945, where he majored in pictorial design. After graduation, he moved to New York with fellow student Philip Pearlstein and found steady work as a commercial illustrator at several magazines, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and the New Yorker. Throughout the 1950s Warhol enjoyed a successful career as a commercial artist, winning several commendations from the Art Directors Club and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. He had his first solo exhibition at the Hugo Gallery in 1952, showing drawings based on the writings of Truman Capote; three years later his work was included in a group show at the Museum of Modern Art for the first time. The year 1960 marked a turning point in Warhol’s prolific career. He painted his first works based on comics and advertisements, enlarging and transferring the source images onto canvas using a projector. In 1961 Warhol showed these hand-painted works, including Little King (1961) and Saturday’s Popeye (1961), in a window display at the department store Bonwit Teller; in 1962 he painted his famous Campbell’s Soup Cans, thirty-two separate canvases, each depicting a canned soup of a different flavor. Soon after, Warhol began to borrow not only the subject matter of printed media, but the technology as well. Incorporating the silkscreen technique, he created grids of stamps, Coca-Cola bottles, shipping and handling labels, dollar bills, coffee labels...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Film

Atomic Blonde - Hand Signed Limited Edition by BATIK
Atomic Blonde - Hand Signed Limited Edition by BATIK

Atomic Blonde - Hand Signed Limited Edition by BATIK

Located in London, GB

Atomic Blonde - Hand Signed Limited Edition - Pop Art - Brigitte Bardot Archival Pigment Print BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art image crea...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

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.