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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
Alex Katz 'Olivia 2'
Alex Katz 'Olivia 2'

Alex Katz 'Olivia 2'

By Alex Katz

Located in New York, NY

"Olivia 2" by Alex Katz (2025) is a striking multicolored screen print on Museum quality fine art paper, signed and numbered in a limited edition of 50, showcasing Katz's iconic styl...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART

Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Andy Warhol 'Portrait of Ingrid Bergman the Nun' 1983
Andy Warhol 'Portrait of Ingrid Bergman the Nun' 1983

Andy Warhol 'Portrait of Ingrid Bergman the Nun' 1983

By Andy Warhol

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Portrait of Ingrid Bergman as a nun from "The Bells of St. Mary," rendered in Warhol's signature style published by Galerie Borjeson. Known for his bold, repetitive portrait style, W...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

Summer Swim
Summer Swim

Summer Swim

By Elise Remender

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 37-inch square acrylic on canvas painting evokes a sense of delight and playfully nods at summery vintage aesthetics. 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. Affordable Continental U.S. and international shipping available. 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...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Disagreement - Original Colorful Vibrant Figurative Mixed Media Textural Artwork
Disagreement - Original Colorful Vibrant Figurative Mixed Media Textural Artwork

Disagreement - Original Colorful Vibrant Figurative Mixed Media Textural Artwork

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, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite

Gagosian Gallery Announcement Scarf/Bandana, Andy Warhol Camouflage Exhibition
Gagosian Gallery Announcement Scarf/Bandana, Andy Warhol Camouflage Exhibition

Gagosian Gallery Announcement Scarf/Bandana, Andy Warhol Camouflage Exhibition

By Andy Warhol

Located in New York, NY

After Andy Warhol Camouflage Exhibition Gagosian Gallery Announcement Scarf/Bandana, 1998 Silkscreened letters on cotton cloth fabric 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches Unframed Collectible souvenir scarf/bandana issued as an invitation to attend the opening reception on November 7, 1998 of the ANDY WARHOL Camouflage Exhibition which ran through January 9, 1999 at Gagosian Gallery downtown on Wooster Street...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Cotton, Screen

Ices (Burnt Orange), Bexhill-on-Sea - pop art color photography Large Print Only
Ices (Burnt Orange), Bexhill-on-Sea - pop art color photography Large Print Only

Ices (Burnt Orange), Bexhill-on-Sea - pop art color photography Large Print Only

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The mustard yell...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

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...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Horizontal 'Spots' I, Minimalist Woodcut Print, 2018
Horizontal 'Spots' I, Minimalist Woodcut Print, 2018

Horizontal 'Spots' I, Minimalist Woodcut Print, 2018

By Damien Hirst

Located in New York, NY

The Horizontal 'Spots' by Damien Hirst is a multi-color woodcut in his signature palette formed with series unique colors. This exquisite piece is created in a limited edition of onl...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Central District IV
Central District IV

Central District IV

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...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tokyo Central - Original Abstract Japanese City Scene Colorful Mixed Media Art
Tokyo Central - Original Abstract Japanese City Scene Colorful Mixed Media Art

Tokyo Central - Original Abstract Japanese City Scene Colorful 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, Gel Pen, Graphite

SHOES FS II.253
SHOES FS II.253

SHOES FS II.253

By Andy Warhol

Located in Aventura, FL

Screenprint in colors with diamond dust on Arches Aquarelle paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist on verso. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, published by the artist, New York....

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Screen, Paper

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Alan Davie

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1964 and published by Eberhard Kornfeld for the 1 Cent Life portfolio in an edition of 2000. Size: 16 x 22 3/4 inches (408 x 580 mm). This lit...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Round Lobster Mosaic Sculpture in Hand Molded Clay Wall Relief in Violet and Red
Round Lobster Mosaic Sculpture in Hand Molded Clay Wall Relief in Violet and Red

Round Lobster Mosaic Sculpture in Hand Molded Clay Wall Relief in Violet and Red

By Elizabeth Art Candy

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Marine lobster mosaic sculpture in hand molded clay with high relief texture and vivid chromatic contrast. This round wall-mounted sculptural work reconstructs the lobster form throu...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Spray Paint

Talking to Karen
Talking to Karen

Peter MaxTalking to Karen, 1979

$2,400Sale Price|20% Off

Talking to Karen

By Peter Max

Located in Buffalo, NY

A very rare serigraph by Peter Max, created in 1979 called "Talking to Karen". This is one of Max's most collectible periods and works.

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper, Screen

Está Lloviendo. Mixed Media Collage
Está Lloviendo. Mixed Media Collage

Está Lloviendo. Mixed Media Collage

By Roberto Fonfria

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Fonfria's work explores human behavior and social rules with a critical eye and humor, touching on personal themes such as dreams, fears, and memories. The images come from old magaz...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Thread, Paper, Mixed Media

Some Girls, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Some Girls, Mixed Media on Wood Panel

Some Girls, Mixed Media on Wood Panel

By Greg Beebe

Located in Yardley, PA

Celebrates studio album by The Rolling Stones "Some Girls" released in 1978. Collage materials, acrylics and spray paints on wood board and resin cover. :: Mixed Media :: Pop-Art ::...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Space Fruit: Cantaloupes II Screen Print on Lenox Board, Pop Art, 1979
Space Fruit: Cantaloupes II Screen Print on Lenox Board, Pop Art, 1979

Space Fruit: Cantaloupes II Screen Print on Lenox Board, Pop Art, 1979

By Andy Warhol

Located in Aventura, FL

Screen print on Lenox Museum Board. From the Space Fruit portfolio. Unsigned and outside the published edition. Stamped with hand written identification number on verso by the Andy Warhol Authentication Board and accompanied with the original letter of authenticity issued by the Estate of Andy Warhol. Artwork size: 32.25 x 40.12 inches. Frame size: 37.75 x 45.75 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Andy Warhol’s Space Fruit...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Board, Screen

BANNED Books (framed)
BANNED Books (framed)

BANNED Books (framed)

By Karyn Mannix

Located in East Hampton, NY

hard to photograph image BANNED Books (comes framed in white frame) Art size is 24x18 framed 26x20 Grease Pencil on Photograph Unique Wall Display image is to show how it looks fram...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jeff Koons Monkey Train beach towel (Jeff Koons Monkey Train blue)
Jeff Koons Monkey Train beach towel (Jeff Koons Monkey Train blue)

Jeff Koons Monkey Train beach towel (Jeff Koons Monkey Train blue)

By Jeff Koons

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jeff Koons Monkey Train beach towel 2008: A highly decorative limited edition 2008 Jeff Koons Monkey Train towel. Measuring 70x60 inches - this work would look outstanding framed. This outstanding Jeff Koons Monkey Train collectible...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Cotton, Digital, Lithograph, Screen

STILL LIFE WITH LOBSTER
STILL LIFE WITH LOBSTER

STILL LIFE WITH LOBSTER

By Roy Lichtenstein

Located in Aventura, FL

Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. From the Six Still Lifes Series. Lithograph and screenprint on rives BFK paper. Co-published by Multiples, Inc. and Castelli Graphics, ...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph, Screen

KAWS Companion 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion set)
KAWS Companion 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion set)

KAWS Companion 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion set)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Companion 2016 (Set of 2 individual works): each, new and sealed in their original packaging. These iconic KAWS figurative sculptures were published by Medicom Japan in conjunct...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

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.