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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
Tape Collection, Tinted Oval Window Cassette - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photo
Tape Collection, Tinted Oval Window Cassette - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photo

Tape Collection, Tinted Oval Window Cassette - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photo

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Tinted Oval Window Cassette from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tape Collection Set of Three Large Framed Pop Art Color Photography
Tape Collection Set of Three Large Framed Pop Art Color Photography

Tape Collection Set of Three Large Framed Pop Art Color Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal past and their personalities. Tapes are significant in both their live...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vinyl Collection 16 Piece Multicolor Square Installation - Pop Art Photography
Vinyl Collection 16 Piece Multicolor Square Installation - Pop Art Photography

Vinyl Collection 16 Piece Multicolor Square Installation - Pop Art Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Sixteen Piece Multi-color Square Installation. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Attached, Oil Painting
Attached, Oil Painting

Attached, Oil Painting

By Duane Brown

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A cropped image of a bull and its rider captures the intensity of the sport, creating a sense of immediacy and immersion. The scene conveys the rugged nature of...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Oil

Neo Classical by BATIK  Super Oversize Signed Limited Edition

Neo Classical by BATIK Super Oversize Signed Limited Edition

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Neo Classical by BATIK Pop artwork featuring Neo from the Matrix films stopping an onslaught of assorted colourful pills. signed & limited edition. BATIK is an increasingly co...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cosmic Flyer in Space, Peter Max
Cosmic Flyer in Space, Peter Max

Cosmic Flyer in Space, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Cosmic Flyer in Space Year: 2003 Edition: 497/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.5 x 3 inches Condition: Excellent Ins...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Dominique, Pop Art Offset Lithograph by Steve Leal
Dominique, Pop Art Offset Lithograph by Steve Leal

Dominique, Pop Art Offset Lithograph by Steve Leal

By Steve Leal

Located in Long Island City, NY

Steve Leal, American (1962 - ) - Dominique, Year: circa 1983, Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in ink and numbered in pencil, Edition: 184/200, Size: 27 x 20.5 in. (68.58 x 52.0...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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...

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Late 20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

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

Collector -Large Oversized Original Modern Still Life Interiors Painting
Collector -Large Oversized Original Modern Still Life Interiors Painting

Collector -Large Oversized Original Modern Still Life Interiors Painting

By Jonjo Elliott

Located in Los Angeles, CA

English artist Jonjo Elliot's large scale still life works are a collision of expressionistic fauvism and his collections encourage a youthful candor. Plants thrive in environments the viewer wants to immerse themselves in. He’s interested in the crossover point between abstract and representational art and is constantly exploring where painting can take him and the viewer as a means of expression. This large 68 inch high by 64 inch wide original painting is created with acrylic paint on canvas. This artwork is signed on the front and back. This artwork does not require framing, it is wired and ready to hang. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Jonjo Elliott is a mixed-media artist working in a range of mediums, from paper and paint to skate ramps, ceramics, and chairs. Working from his studio in the UK, his vibrant works are inspired by the spaces surrounding him and his large scale still life's are intended to bring color and delight into the homes of his collectors. A graduate of De Montfort University, he now manages a studio in Leicester. Jonjo's immersive and lively artworks are collected extensively in the UK, the US, and throughout the world. His works have been represented by Artplex Gallery since his Los Angeles solo show in 2019. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA EXHIBITIONS 2023 'Fragmented Fluorescence', Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 'Slice of life', Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 'Instalive', 19 Karen gallery, Brisbane, Australia Affordable Art Fair New York City 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles 2019 Solo Show, Artplex Gallery Affordable Art Fair, New York 2018 Solo Show, LCB Depot Affordable Art Fair, London “Love Art,” Curve Theatre Roys People Art Fair, Oxo, London “Love Art,” New Walk Museum 2017 “Daily Grind,” Solo Show, LCB Depot “Permanent Fixture,” Gujiko Gallery “Steep Learning,” Curve Theatre “Staircase,” De Montefort University “Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"V.I.P."
"V.I.P."

"V.I.P."

By Vladyslav Kazachenko

Located in Edinburgh, GB

"VIP" is a vibrant statement at the intersection of pop art and neo-expressionism. Three figures in impeccable suits, three different masks, a single world hidden from the eyes of or...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Lady Profile, Peter Max

Lady Profile, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Lady Profile Year: 2015 Medium: Silkscreen on archival paper Size: 19.75 x 15.25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in permanent marker ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

The Last Civil War Veteran limited edition signed mixed media silkscreen collage
The Last Civil War Veteran limited edition signed mixed media silkscreen collage

The Last Civil War Veteran limited edition signed mixed media silkscreen collage

By Larry Rivers

Located in New York, NY

Larry Rivers The Last Civil War Veteran, 1970 Silkscreen and mixed media collage on paper 29 × 19 3/4 inches Hand signed and numbered 55/100 in graphite pencil lower front Provenance...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Pencil, Graphite, Screen

Treasure
Treasure

Treasure

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

Orange Swirl
Orange Swirl

Frankie AlfonsoOrange Swirl, 2016

$1,120Sale Price|30% Off

Orange Swirl

By Frankie Alfonso

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Cuban-American artist Frankie Alfonso creates interwoven paintings using lively colors and spontaneous, well balanced compositions. His work is best described as a style of automati...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, 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

Angel with Spread Wings, Peter Max
Angel with Spread Wings, Peter Max

Angel with Spread Wings, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Angel with Spread Wings Year: 2015 Medium: Watercolor and silkscreen on Fabriano paper Size: 11 x 15 inches Inscription: Signed in ink Notes: Publishe...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Screen

Vase of Flowers, Peter Max
Vase of Flowers, Peter Max

Vase of Flowers, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Vase of Flowers Year: 1979 Edition: 138/350, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Somerset paper Size: 30 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: S...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Blues Installation - Pop Art Photography
Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Blues Installation - Pop Art Photography

Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Blues Installation - Pop Art Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

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

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Sailor
Sailor

Sailor

By Andy Warhol

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is the most influential and valuable American artist of the 20th century. Caviar20 has been championig his inimitable works on paper from the 1950s. We believ...

Category

1950s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Graphite

Star Wars Storm Trooper Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist
Star Wars Storm Trooper Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist

Star Wars Storm Trooper Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist

By Chris Pegg

Located in Preston, GB

Star Wars Storm Trooper Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg. Entitled The Good The Bad & The Ugly. Art measures 42 x 24 inches Frame measures 50 x 32 inches Chri...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Pencil, St...

Plain Jane by BATIK  Super Oversize Signed Limited Edition

Plain Jane by BATIK Super Oversize Signed Limited Edition

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Plain Jane By BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture, fashion icon British born Jane Birkin, who famously emigrated to France and formed the iconic French It Couple wit...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kosovo, Pop Art Linocut by Richard Mock
Kosovo, Pop Art Linocut by Richard Mock

Kosovo, Pop Art Linocut by Richard Mock

By Richard Mock

Located in Long Island City, NY

Richard Mock, American (1944 - 2006) - Kosovo, Year: 1999, Medium: Linocut on BFK Rives, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 80, Image Size: 17 x 21 inches, Si...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Linocut

Keith Haring Club DV8 poster 1986 (Keith Haring San Francisco 1986)
Keith Haring Club DV8 poster 1986 (Keith Haring San Francisco 1986)

Keith Haring Club DV8 poster 1986 (Keith Haring San Francisco 1986)

By Keith Haring

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Keith Haring San Francisco 1986: "Club DV8 Unveils the Keith Haring Room": San Francisco June 5th, 1986: Vintage original 1980s Keith Haring illustrated poster for Club DV8 San Francisco. During the time Haring was creating a mural for the St. Patrick's Day Care Center San Francisco, he painted several canvases to be installed above the bar at the famed Club DV8. Performance artist John Sex, whose name appears on the poster, was one of Haring's close friends. Offset lithograph. Image: 16 x 20 inches. Framed dimensions: 25 x 21 inches. Fair overall vintage condition; minor surface tear & age related wear. Framed in glass; frame in very good overall condition. Literature/Catalogue Raisonne: Keith Haring: Posters (entry 46; Prestel publishing) Further Background: Keith Haring DV8...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

Fabio Coruzzi - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Artwork on Canvas
Fabio Coruzzi - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Artwork on Canvas

Fabio Coruzzi - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Artwork on Canvas

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

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite, Canvas

Live Wire - Retro Modern Original Artwork Television High Wire Act Painting
Live Wire - Retro Modern Original Artwork Television High Wire Act Painting

Live Wire - Retro Modern Original Artwork Television High Wire Act Painting

By Carl Smith

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Carl Smith explores the area between Pop Art and Surrealism and expresses it in one-of-a-kind original works on canvas, paper or wood. With the use of found images he tells slightly ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media

Balloon Rabbit XL - Rosé Gold
Balloon Rabbit XL - Rosé Gold

Balloon Rabbit XL - Rosé Gold

By After Jeff Koons

Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT

An edition of the famous ‘Balloon Rabbit’ After Material: zinc alloy. Comes with its original box and certificate of authenticity. From a Limited Edition of 500, unique number eng...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Metal

KAWS KACHAMUKKU (complete set of two works)
KAWS KACHAMUKKU (complete set of two works)

KAWS KACHAMUKKU (complete set of two works)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Kachamukku 2022: complete set of 2 works: KAWS Kachamukku was born out of a unique collaboration between KAWS and the popular children’s Japanese ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Vinyl, Nylon

VW Beetle 1947 - Original Textured Colorful Car Line Art Original on Canvas
VW Beetle 1947 - Original Textured Colorful Car Line Art Original on Canvas

VW Beetle 1947 - Original Textured Colorful Car Line Art Original on Canvas

By Virginie Schroeder

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder uses thick textural, playful lines, and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately visible when seen up close. Verbal and psychological interplay with the public is integral to her creative process. Her art is the result of reflection, and aesthetic intuition provoked by the geometric forms. Her art exists to intrigue, to elicit questioning of its abstract character visible at first glance. One must draw away slightly to begin to glimpse the impressively detailed work in its totality. This original figurative pop art painting measures 28-inches high by 40-inches wide. It is an acrylic paint composition on canvas, it is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted by the artist and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the bottom and back of the painting. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and global shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She prefers things not to be visible immediately In order to perceive the works, the viewer must feel them and open up all of their senses in order to enjoy the emotion of the work. Schroeder urges the viewer to enter the work, allowing their emotions to be absorbed into its subject. Her paintings are made to inspire new artistic visions while impressing their stunning technicality to the public. Schroeder seeks an invented, unstructured, different, and yet popular vision, and hopes to awaken our senses in the search for her works. When a face, an animal, a landscape, or any other subject is removed from its linear structure, it acquires a completely different form, a different identity, dimension, and a new prestige. One does not recognize it at first sight; it emerges as the very process of observation. It is here that the magic occurs, as the viewer consciously discovers a work of abstract character in vivid color which plays upon the tension between the figurative and the imaginary. Schroeder's original artworks have been exhibited in galleries and art fairs internationally and have been acquired by prestigious collectors around the globe. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITIONS 2023 Folded Landscapes, Artspace Warehouse 2022 Affordable Art Fair New York 2021 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Affordable Art Fair New York 2020 LA Art Show, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2018 Art Market Hamptons, NY 2018 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2018 Art Market San Francisco, CA 2018 Carre D’artiste New York Soho 2018 Canadian Delegation London, UK 2018 Carre D’artiste Lyon, FR 2018 Art Palm Spring, CA 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan, IT 2018 Galerie Le Pharos, FR 2018 Beauchamp Art Gallery, CA 2018 Danielle Peleg Gallery, MI 2017 Context Art Miami, FL 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2017 SOFA Chicago, IL 2017 Beauchamp Art Gallery, CA 2017 Art Market Hamptons, NY 2017 Art Market San Francisco, CA 2017 Carre D’artiste New York Soho 2017 Art Club Galerie Paris...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Untitled

Untitled

By Lidia Masllorens

Located in PARIS, FR

  “I paint portraits because I am obsessed with the beauty of close-up human faces. I have always spent hours watching faces from behind a camera with a good zoom, and I guess that i...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

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.