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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
Mulled Wine. The Tipsy Frame
Mulled Wine. The Tipsy Frame

Mulled Wine. The Tipsy Frame

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

Description: The painting is created on textured plaster, in a style reminiscent of an ancient fresco—something that might have once adorned the wall of an old tavern, where time has...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

Spring, Peter Max

Peter MaxSpring, Peter Max, 1982

$636Sale Price|33% Off

Spring, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Spring Year: 1982 Medium: Unique, mixed media with lithography and hand coloring on Arches paper Size: 6.25 x 5.25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscrip...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph

Daft Punk x Toiletpaper Limited Edition Vinyl Record, Pop Art Style
Daft Punk x Toiletpaper Limited Edition Vinyl Record, Pop Art Style

Daft Punk x Toiletpaper Limited Edition Vinyl Record, Pop Art Style

Located in Englishtown, NJ

Ultra Lux Gold Picture Disc Vinyl Record. Created by the brand Toiletpaper by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari and featuring music by Daft Punk. Limited Edition of only 1000. ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Vinyl

A Short History of the Chinese Artwork Narrow Tall Original Painting on Canvas
A Short History of the Chinese Artwork Narrow Tall Original Painting on Canvas

A Short History of the Chinese Artwork Narrow Tall Original Painting 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

Colony at Dawn, Palm Springs, California - Mid-Century Architecture Photography
Colony at Dawn, Palm Springs, California - Mid-Century Architecture Photography

Colony at Dawn, Palm Springs, California - Mid-Century Architecture Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Colony at Dawn, architecture photography by Richard Heeps for his 'Dream in Colour' series, this piece features the mid-century architecture of Ballantines Movie Colony, California, captured at dawn against the Palm Springs mountain landscape...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Pears
Pears

Pears

By Donald Sultan

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Donald Sultan (American, born 1951) Title: Pears Year: 1989 Medium: Color silkscreen and lithograph Edition: Numbered 87/125 in pencil Paper: Arches 88 Image size: 12 x 12 inches paper size: 22 x 23 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Publisher : Parasol Editions Press L.T.D. Portland, Oregon. Condition: Excellent Frame: Framed in a custom wooden maple frame, with fabric bevel and matting. Description: From the suite, Fruits Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and print maker, well-known for large-scale still life paintings and the use of industrial materials such as tar, enamel, spackle and vinyl tiles. He has been exhibiting internationally in prominent museums and galleries, and his works are included in important museum collections all over the globe. Donald Sultan rose...

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Vibrant Pop Art Flower Original Simon Bull Floral Giclee Canvas Painting Edition
Vibrant Pop Art Flower Original Simon Bull Floral Giclee Canvas Painting Edition

Vibrant Pop Art Flower Original Simon Bull Floral Giclee Canvas Painting Edition

By Simon Bull

Located in Surfside, FL

Simon Bull, British (Born 1958) Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas "Whisper" (white flower) Hand signed Lower Left, Numbered 283/350 on Obverse side. Measures 16" x 16" image, frame measures 24-1/8" x 24-1/8" Simon Bull (born in March 1958) is an English-born artist living in America. Early years and education. Simon Bull was born in Bedfordshire, England. The second of four children. His father, Ian Bull served as an officer in the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department of the British Army. Ian’s extensive military postings stationed the family around the world in Guyana, Hong Kong, Germany, and Northern Ireland. Simon went to boarding school in Yorkshire, attending Ripon Cathedral Choir School from 1965 to 1969 and in Surrey, at the Royal Russell School from 1969 to 1976. In 1976 he took a one-year Foundation course at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design and went on to graduate in 1980 from Leeds Polytechnic with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. He studied printmaking and Fine Art under Norman Webster and Norman Ackroyd RA. His time at Leeds was marked by his interest in and study of the masters, such as Henri Fantin-Latour, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, and Rembrandt; he wrote his dissertation on watercolorist John Sell Cotman. In his graduating year he exhibited his etching Jackie at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and his works were acquired by Leeds City Art Gallery. His art is currently represented exclusively, by his own company Simon Bull Studios of Carmel CA and MEUSE gallery on Carmel’s Ocean Avenue. Simon Bull Studios contracts with and supplies a network of fine art galleries around the world including Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, Park West Gallery and others. He has been represented in the UK by, London Contemporary Art and DeMontfort Fine Art; as well as in the USA with Media Arts Group. His worldwide licensing agent is Art Brands Group. In 2007 he was invited to create a series of paintings that celebrated the life of Muhammad Ali. Many of these works are now on permanent display in the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. He has spoken on behalf of the Muhammad Ali Center at the Vancouver Film Festival for the premiere of the movie Facing Ali. In 2009 he was commissioned to paint US President Barack Obama by boxing legend Muhammad Ali. His two joint portraits of Barack Obama and Muhammad Ali were unveiled at the Kentucky Bluegrass...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Giclée

Recent Still Life (1966 limited edition, Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns)
Recent Still Life (1966 limited edition, Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns)

Recent Still Life (1966 limited edition, Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns)

By Jasper Johns

Located in New York, NY

Jasper Johns Recent Still Life (Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns), 1966 Collotype. Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns Edition of 2100 (this work is, exceptionally, hand signed & dated by Johns; the regular edition is not) Signed and dated lower right front by Jasper Johns in graphite pencil August, 27, 2008 Provenance: Estate of artist and noted collector Rick Collar Framed - held in original vintage frame under plexiglass This scarce early (1966) limited edition collotype was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Recent Still Life" at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. The regular unsigned edition was 2100, and the official signed edition was 100; however, exceptionally, Jasper Johns signed...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Photogravure

Jose Palacios, Tropic 05, Mixed media on paper, 2023
Jose Palacios, Tropic 05, Mixed media on paper, 2023

Jose Palacios, Tropic 05, Mixed media on paper, 2023

By Jose Palacios

Located in New York, NY

In this original acrylic paint and vinyl on paper from Art Angler Gallery, Jose Palacios depicts an abstract pop art style. He uses vibrant pink, white, green, blue, black and red sh...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Laminate, Paper, Acrylic

King Richie, Street Art, Pop Art,

King Richie, Street Art, Pop Art,

By Jay-C

Located in München, BY

Edition 5 Richie Rich as King JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine British s...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Blue Jazz. original painting
Blue Jazz. original painting

Blue Jazz. original painting

By Alina O'Dwyer

Located in Zofingen, AG

ship in roll This painting beautifully captures an Afro-American woman with a vibrant parrot, set against a lush rainforest backdrop. The scene evokes a fantastical world dominated b...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"American Woman Signed Lithograph, Hand Colored Pastel, Pop Art, 1980"
"American Woman Signed Lithograph, Hand Colored Pastel, Pop Art, 1980"

"American Woman Signed Lithograph, Hand Colored Pastel, Pop Art, 1980"

By Peter Max

Located in Union City, NJ

AMERICAN WOMAN is an original hand drawn lithograph enhanced with hand coloring by the renowned American Pop artist, Peter Max. AMERICAN WOMAN was created in 1980 printed using tradi...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Pastel, Mixed Media, Lithograph

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

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

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Nine Piece 'Blues' 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

A Lady in Polka Dots - Statue of Liberty Portrait Pop Art Figurative Painting
A Lady in Polka Dots - Statue of Liberty Portrait Pop Art Figurative Painting

A Lady in Polka Dots - Statue of Liberty Portrait Pop Art Figurative Painting

By Marion Duschletta

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swiss artist Marion Duschletta transforms iconic imagery and urban landscapes from around the world into unique artworks. She layers an intriguing mixture of urban photographs and Am...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

KAWS HOLIDAY UK set of 2 works (KAWS United Kingdom)
KAWS HOLIDAY UK set of 2 works (KAWS United Kingdom)

KAWS HOLIDAY UK set of 2 works (KAWS United Kingdom)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS: HOLIDAY United Kingdom: Set of 2 works (KAWS UK): KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an upright standing position with its eyes covered. 2 individual works (bla...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Teapot
Teapot

Teapot

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

KAWS Companion 2016 (set of 3 KAWS Flayed companions)
KAWS Companion 2016 (set of 3 KAWS Flayed companions)

KAWS Companion 2016 (set of 3 KAWS Flayed companions)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Flayed Companion 2016: Set of 3 individual works. KAWS Black Flayed, KAWS Brown Flayed & KAWS Grey Flayed Companions - each, new and sealed in origin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

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

Takashi Murakami Kanye West 2007 (Takashi Murakami Louis Vuitton)
Takashi Murakami Kanye West 2007 (Takashi Murakami Louis Vuitton)

Takashi Murakami Kanye West 2007 (Takashi Murakami Louis Vuitton)

By Takashi Murakami

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Takashi Murakami, Kanye West, Louis Vuitton; Los Angeles 2007 (Murakami Gala): Rare folding invitation published on the occasion of a 2007 reception honoring Takashi Murakami and fashion icon Marc Jacobs with a special performance by Kanye West; October 28th, 2007; MOCA Los Angeles; hosted by Louis Vuitton. Front side imagery features a reproduction of Murakami’s ‘Jellyfish...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Offset, Paper

Happy only Vibes
Happy only Vibes

Happy only Vibes

By Mariia Kotiuzhynska

Located in Zofingen, AG

Turn up the volume of joy! This painting is about that moment when the world is simple, bright, and every beat makes you smile wider. Colors that dance like music, energy that never ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

After Keith Haring "BEST BUDDIES" Beaded Wall Sculp by CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd
After Keith Haring "BEST BUDDIES" Beaded Wall Sculp by CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

After Keith Haring "BEST BUDDIES" Beaded Wall Sculp by CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

Signed and dated 2025. OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!! ALTERTATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Glass, Resin, Mixed Media

Happy and Rich, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Happy and Rich, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Happy and Rich, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Medium: Mix media, hand painted with Oil and Acrylics, finished with Spray paint, stencils on Canvas Size: 39 x 39 in Movement & Style: Pop Art, Urban Art, Contemporary Art ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Marilyn Monroe-Kiss Me
Marilyn Monroe-Kiss Me

Marilyn Monroe-Kiss Me

Located in Atlanta, GA

Ricardo Goyo was born in Barcelona in 1972. He began his artistic career studying in France at the National School of Fine Arts in Nice. There he had the opportunity to meet, work, a...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

By Roy Lichtenstein

Located in London, GB

Roy Lichtenstein The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1969 Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, edition of 250 73 x 73 cms (28 3/4 x 28 3/4 ins) Co-published by the artist and Leo Castelli Ga...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

North Shore Motel Office II, Salton Sea, California - Architectural Color Photo
North Shore Motel Office II, Salton Sea, California - Architectural Color Photo

North Shore Motel Office II, Salton Sea, California - Architectural Color Photo

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

North Shore Motel, from Richard Heeps Salton Sea series. Blue skies over this Californian classic mid-century modern Americana Motel exterior. Captured by Richard Heeps in the Salton...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Four B Side Vinyl Collection - Pop art colour photography
Four B Side Vinyl Collection - Pop art colour photography

Four B Side Vinyl Collection - Pop art colour photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Heidler & Heeps B Side Vinyl Four Piece Set. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

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

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.