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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
Vinyl Collection 10 Piece Multicolor Installation - Pop Art Color Photography
Vinyl Collection 10 Piece Multicolor Installation - Pop Art Color Photography

Vinyl Collection 10 Piece Multicolor Installation - Pop Art Color Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Ten Piece Multicolor Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jesus Checking in @ Gethsemane Diner, Large Scale Pop Art Painting
Jesus Checking in @ Gethsemane Diner, Large Scale Pop Art Painting

Jesus Checking in @ Gethsemane Diner, Large Scale Pop Art Painting

Located in Soquel, CA

"Jesus Checking in @ Gethsamane Diner with 12 Others" - Large Scale Pop Art Painting Set after the Last Supper, this large-scale pop art painting relocates the biblical scene to the “Gethsemane Diner,” a contemporary reimagining of the garden where Christ awaits his arrest. Christ stands centered as a modern icon, with a window bearing a cross behind him. He is surrounded by disciples rendered as stylized, fashion-driven figures. Each figure was inspired by models from 1970's Vogue Magazine. Each disciple bears a distinct symbol that functions as a personal identifier, replacing traditional religious attributes with graphic, brand-like emblems on the clothing. On the far left, Judas is unmistakable, wearing sunglasses and flashing finger guns, his betrayal recast as a casual, performative gesture. Judas' glove bears the number 30, a reference to the silver paid for the betrayal. This piece merges pop art, religious symbolism, and fashion iconography to create a bold retelling of shared cultural stories, a critique of celebrity-as-deity, and the value of image and iconography. Signed in the lower left corner "P Walsh" and in several places on verso. Titled on verso, with the names of each disciple. No frame, but the edges are painted for a frame-less display. Prevenance: Directly commissioned by a collector, then acquired from that collector. Peter Walsh is an artist from Chicago, Il. Inspired by his paternal grandfather and mother – both artists – he was constantly drawing throughout his childhood, into his service with the US Air Force, and in college. Although he studied political science, he continued to pursue art until he began to sell paintings at group shows. From there, he pushed himself to make art that he loves, unconcerned with the rules of traditional art. “I consider myself lucky that I didn’t major in art. I haven’t had anyone ever say to me, “You can’t do that.” I have always created for myself. I love color, layering color, mixing paint on canvas, and then sanding, scraping, and scratching it to find new colors, depths, and figures.” (biography adapted from VoyageChicago, March 27, 2018) Selected Exhibitions, Awards, and Events: 2020 - Kimono Paintings...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

No. 5  by Craig Alan

No. 5 by Craig Alan

By Craig Alan

Located in New York City, NY

LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist. Price for unframed. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

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

Breakfast - Pop Art, Post War, Color Etching, 1995
Breakfast - Pop Art, Post War, Color Etching, 1995

Breakfast - Pop Art, Post War, Color Etching, 1995

By Wayne Thiebaud

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“Breakfast” is a colored etching and drypoint by American artist, Wayne Thiebaud from 1995. The work is edition 22/50 and is signed lower right, "Thiebaud 1995” Wayne Thiebaud's Bre...

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Roy's Motel Route 66, Amboy, California - Landscape Color Photo
Roy's Motel Route 66, Amboy, California - Landscape Color Photo

Roy's Motel Route 66, Amboy, California - Landscape Color Photo

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

'Roy's Motel Route 66', from Richard Heeps Dream in Color series. This view of Roy's Motel emphasises the space age Googie style of both the building and the iconic Motel sign. Take...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Army Of Me II - Oversize signed limited edition - Pop Art - Muhammad Ali
Army Of Me II - Oversize signed limited edition - Pop Art - Muhammad Ali

Army Of Me II - Oversize signed limited edition - Pop Art - Muhammad Ali

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Army Of Me II - Oversize limited edition - Pop Art - Muhammad Ali by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

NAOR 45cm Teddy LV Tribute NEW
NAOR 45cm Teddy LV Tribute NEW

NAOR 45cm Teddy LV Tribute NEW

Located in PARIS, FR

About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Resin

Blue Dog "And the Dog Jumped Over the Moon"
Blue Dog "And the Dog Jumped Over the Moon"

Blue Dog "And the Dog Jumped Over the Moon"

By George Rodrigue

Located in Mount Laurel, NJ

This Blue Dog work consists of two blue dogs on a purple and blue background. One of the dogs is sitting upright and the other is upside down suspended over a red moon. The dogs ha...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

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

Debbie Harry Rapture 1981 photograph by Charlie Ahearn (Fab 5 Lee Quinones)

Debbie Harry Rapture 1981 photograph by Charlie Ahearn (Fab 5 Lee Quinones)

By Charlie Ahearn

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Charlie Ahearn, "Rapture" (in motion) 1981: A rare historic Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy & Lee Quinones photograph captured by Wild Style director Charlie Ahearn on the set of Blondie's "Rapture". Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on heavy-weight paper. Overall dimensions: 16 x 22 inches ( approx image size: 13 x 19 inches). Hand signed & numbered on the verso, from a limited edition of 10. Excellent overall condition. Provenance: Obtained directly from artist. Literature/References: Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation (MFA Boston). 'New York, New Music 1980-86': Museum of the City of New York (2021). More on Rapture: The music video made its U.S. television debut on Solid Gold on January 31, 1981, and became the first rap video ever broadcast on MTV. Set in the East Village, much of the video is a one-take scene of Debbie Harry dancing down the street, passing by graffiti artists, Uncle Sam, an American Indian, child ballet dancer, and a goat. Fab Five Freddy...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Inkjet

Smoke, Oil Painting
Smoke, Oil Painting

Smoke, Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A man lights his cigarette and enters a moment of pause, stress relief, and contemplation. The contrast of light and shadow on his face highlights his concentra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Oil

Lustration - Pink Fizz
Lustration - Pink Fizz

Lustration - Pink Fizz

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Born and raised in London, British photographer Nathalie Gordon shoots with an unusual but fantastic hyper realistic style. Her work is packed with high sheen and edge, yet she is ab...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Rag Paper

Rock N' Roll Guitar II, Peter Max

Rock N' Roll Guitar II, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Rock N' Roll Guitar II Year: 2003 Edition: 452/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 4.12 x 2.43 inches Condition: Excellen...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

DJ Lovebug, Grandmaster Caz, Busy Bee photograph: Harlem 1980 by Charlie Ahearn

DJ Lovebug, Grandmaster Caz, Busy Bee photograph: Harlem 1980 by Charlie Ahearn

By Charlie Ahearn

Located in NEW YORK, NY

DJ Lovebug, Grandmaster Caz, Busy Bee at the Celebrity Club: Harlem, New York, 1980 by Charlie Ahearn, director of Wild Style (1982): A seminal early Hip Hop photograph featured as part of the exhibition: New York, New Music 1980-86: Museum of the City of New York (2021). Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on heavy-weight paper. Overall dimensions: 16 x 22 inches (Image size: 14 x 20 inches). Hand signed & numbered on the verso, from a limited edition of 10. Excellent overall condition. Provenance: Obtained directly from artist. Artist Bio: Charlie Ahearn, best known as the director of the classic hip-hop film Wild Style (1982), arrived in New York in 1973 to attend the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. Later he was joined by his twin brother, John Ahearn, and they became part of the artists' group Colab (aka Collaborative Projects, Inc). Ahearn showed his early films in an abandoned Time Square massage parlour that Colab had taken over on the corner of 7th Avenue and 41st Street (where Ahearn also lived from 1981 to 1993). Colab's 1981 art show - titled, "The Times Square Show" - is famous for introducing Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring among many others. In 1982, Ahearn directed Wild Style - universally hailed as the first hip-hop movie. Wild Style immortalized the birth of an underground hip-hop scene changing the face of music, fashion, art & popular culture forever. Ahearn's recent silkscreen paintings depicting hip hop culture’s seminal years were exhibited at PPOW Gallery in New York in 2017 and Beyond The Streets (2019 & 2020); with selections of his photography and film work most recently exhibited at MFA Boston...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Inkjet

Juxtapose, 2023,  Mr. Brainwash
Juxtapose, 2023,  Mr. Brainwash

Juxtapose, 2023, Mr. Brainwash

By Mr. Brainwash

Located in Porto, 13

“Juxtapose” (2023) by Mr. Brainwash is a striking silkscreen and mixed-media original on paper, measuring 96 x 127 cm (38 x 50 in). This artwork features a dynamic pink heart at its ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paper

El Coyote Food Dreams - Abstract Restaurant Still Life Pop Art by Gary John
El Coyote Food Dreams - Abstract Restaurant Still Life Pop Art by Gary John

El Coyote Food Dreams - Abstract Restaurant Still Life Pop Art by Gary John

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Illustration Board

Bickering - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters
Bickering - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters

Bickering - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters

By Naguy Claude

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

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

Large Expressionist Charlie Chaplin Portrait Painting, Red Black Figurative Oil
Large Expressionist Charlie Chaplin Portrait Painting, Red Black Figurative Oil

Large Expressionist Charlie Chaplin Portrait Painting, Red Black Figurative Oil

By Joaquim Falco

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Large Expressionist Charlie Chaplin Portrait Painting, Red Black Figurative Oil on Canvas Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 73 x 60 cm (28.75 x 23.63 in) Framing: Unframed Signature: Signed Date: 2004 Condition: Good condition. Stable canvas and well-preserved paint surface. Striking large-scale expressionist portrait inspired by the iconic figure of Charlie Chaplin. The composition is built around a powerful contrast between deep black silhouettes and an intense red background, creating a bold and emotionally charged visual impact. The figure is rendered in a raw, gestural manner, bordering on abstraction while maintaining a strong figurative presence. The dripping paint, aggressive brushwork and simplified forms evoke influences from neo-expressionism and contemporary European figurative painting. A visually commanding piece that works exceptionally well as a statement artwork in modern interiors. Joaquim Falcó...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ARCANIS - 40cm H Tribute Sailing Boat
ARCANIS - 40cm H Tribute Sailing Boat

ARCANIS - 40cm H Tribute Sailing Boat

Located in PARIS, FR

About the artwork: On the surface, Arcanis draws his inspiration from large racing sailboats bearing many prestigious brands. But in essence, the boat and money are associated with ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Metal

Venus in Furs - Original Book Artwork on Canvas
Venus in Furs - Original Book Artwork on Canvas

Venus in Furs - Original Book Artwork on Canvas

By Carl Smith

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Rishikesh India
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Rishikesh India

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Rishikesh India

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Paul Saltzman (1943) Title: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Rishikesh India (Beatles), suite of four Year: 1966 Medium: Chromogenic prints on photographic paper Edition: 1/50, 3/50, 3/50, 3/50; editions of 50 Size: 24.75 x 24.75 inches, each Inscription: each signed, titled, and numbered by the photographer Notes: Photographed by Paul Saltzman, Rishikesh, 1966; printed by Paul Saltzman, Toronto. Captured when the photographer was twenty-three years old, and studying meditation under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, these images were created at the time when the Beatles, Donovan and others were also pursuing their studies in meditation there. These photographs are rare and may never have been fully editioned. PAUL SALTZMAN (1943) is a Canadian film and television producer, photographer, and director. A two-time Emmy Award-recipient, he has been credited on more than 300 films, both dramas and documentaries. In 1968, at the age of 23, he traveled to India for the first time as sound engineer on the National Film Board of Canada's Juggernaut documentary. He studied meditation to recover after his girlfriend had broken up with him, by mail. He learned meditation at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in the holy city of Rishikesh, India, The Beatles were coincidentally also visiting the ashram. He saw them sitting at a table and asked to join them. Paul McCartney drew up a chair. While there, he spent time with and photographed the Beatles, Donovan, Mia and Prudence Farrow and Mike Love. His photos have been judged "some of the best intimate shots" ever taken of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and have been seen in galleries worldwide. A permanent exhibition of his The Beatles in India photographs...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Digital 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.