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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
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

Swing Screen
Swing Screen

Swing Screen

By James Rosenquist

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "SWing Screen" 1979 is an original colors etching with aquatint on Pescia Italia paper by renown American artist James Rosenquist, 1933-2017. It is hand signed, d...

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Life Clay Surreal Pop Sculpture in Acrylic Blue Tones
Life Clay Surreal Pop Sculpture in Acrylic Blue Tones

Life Clay Surreal Pop Sculpture in Acrylic Blue Tones

By Vera Vizzi

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Hand-built clay sculpture Life in acrylic and vivid blue tones examines consumption, play and the fragile boundary between joy and collapse. This clay sculpture (hand-modeled self-ha...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Clay, Acrylic

Blondie Orange - Hand Signed Limited Edition

Blondie Orange - Hand Signed Limited Edition

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Blondie Orange - Hand Signed Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print This piece is a modern reworking of Debbie Harry, from Blondie. BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art i...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

1000 Miligrams, Mixed Media Collage Portrait
1000 Miligrams, Mixed Media Collage Portrait

1000 Miligrams, Mixed Media Collage Portrait

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

Cotton, Paper, Mixed Media, Graphite

Grey Cat, Pop Art Screenprint by Tracy Sabin
Grey Cat, Pop Art Screenprint by Tracy Sabin

Grey Cat, Pop Art Screenprint by Tracy Sabin

Located in Long Island City, NY

Tracy Sabin, American - Grey Cat, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 20 x 33.5 inches, Size: 26 in. x 40 in. (66.04 c...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Keith Haring Bearbrick 400%  (Keith Haring BE@RBRICK)
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400%  (Keith Haring BE@RBRICK)

Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% (Keith Haring BE@RBRICK)

By (after) Keith Haring

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Keith Haring Bearbrick Vinyl Figures: Set of two (400% & 100%): A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Keith Haring. The partnered collectible reveals the late iconic artist’s artwork from the mid 1980s wrapping the figure in its entirety. Housed in a standout Keith Haring collectors box. Complete sold out & out of print. Medium: Vinyl Figurine...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Marilyn Monroe 28
Marilyn Monroe 28

Marilyn Monroe 28

By Iryna Kastsova

Located in Zofingen, AG

Marilyn Monroe: "Everyone is a star and deserves the right to shine." American film actress, singer, and model. Celebrity. An iconic image of American cinema and the entire world cul...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

KAWS SMALL LIE Companion 2 works (KAWS Companion)
KAWS SMALL LIE Companion 2 works (KAWS Companion)

KAWS SMALL LIE Companion 2 works (KAWS Companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS SMALL LIE 2017: Set of 2 works. Each new and sealed in their original packaging. These KAWS figurative pieces are a rendition of Small Lie produced in collaboration with Qatar M...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Protect our Home, Version I, Peter Max

Protect our Home, Version I, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Protect our Home, Version I Year: 2002 Edition: 451/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 5 x 6.25 inches Condition: Excell...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

XOX Attitude Red Black 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture
XOX Attitude Red Black 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture

XOX Attitude Red Black 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture

By Viktor Mitic

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Playful, colourful and imaginative, Viktor Mitic’s latest series of table-top sculptures appear to merge pop art with science fiction. The colour palette is fun and bright—yellow, red, black and turquoise. These 3-D figures began as digital creations, sculpted out of resin and painted. Their form was initially inspired by the towering abstract sculptures Mitic produced from images of paint splashes on his studio floor. Edition one of ten. “This character has emerged from a shadow of one of my sculptures (as in the video) I have always been a fan of science as well as science fiction writing and movies and for me, X-O-X is a being that came out of a technological world , possibly from another galaxy.” Viktor Mitic “As an icon, or hybrid worthy Viktor Mitic- X-O-X has a synthetic, playful identity. It’s culturally a fusion of influences brought together in one formal public sculpture.” John K. Grande, author, poet, essayist He earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Paint

"Audrey with Stars" Mixed Media Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Panel Board
"Audrey with Stars" Mixed Media Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Panel Board

"Audrey with Stars" Mixed Media Audrey Hepburn Portrait on Panel Board

By Jon Davenport

Located in New York, NY

This piece depicts a colorful collage composition portrait of Audrey Hepburn, as Jon Davenport explores the process of deconstructing iconic imagery from the past and present. Davenport start’s out with photos of his paint-stained studio floor and collages in articles/advertising from an array of vintage magazines collected over the years; plus any other interesting stuff captured on his travels. He then transfers the images to a panel board, layering them on with gel medium, together with strokes, splashes, drips, and splats of paint. Once it's dry, another layer of gel medium is poured on to give it a melting effect. After it drys off again, another layer of paint is added to embellish a few areas and to accentuate or fade out certain aspects. And then, he finally adds a coat of polyurethane for protection and making the colors pop. This unique work is executed on a wood panel board and comes ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso, signed by the artist lower right. Art measures 36 x 36 inches From biology student to owning and running a creative agency in London to a career as a fine artist, life has taken Jon Davenport on a rewarding and unconventional journey. Despite his scientific beginnings, he’s always had a strong artistic streak weaving its way through his different career paths. Growing up in Ipswich, UK, Jon was always an avid drawer, and could often be found with a pencil and paper in hand. With the arrival of his first computer, he embraced the new frontier of digital art and had work published in one of those early computer magazines. His creative urges took a backseat to get a biology degree at Brunel University in London. It was afterward, in his first job working at the Archant newspaper group in Ipswich, that he quickly progressed from plate maker to becoming an integral member of the art studio. It was during this time that he taught himself photoshop, desktop publishing, and graphic & web design. After a few years, he set up a design agency, and eventually went full time and moved to London. This proved to be a successful move, working for a number of clients such as Nike and Virgin, and gaining praise from the likes of Richard Branson and Tony Blair. It wasn’t until Jon moved to the USA to marry his wife, Atlanta artist Christy Kinard...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Polyurethane

Beach Scene
Beach Scene

Beach Scene

By Andy Warhol

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Beach Scene (1975) Unique polaroid print Size: 4.25 x 3.5 in (10.8 x 8.9 cm) Frame size: 11 x 8.875 in (27.9 x 22.5 cm) Authenticated by the Authentication ...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Polaroid

XOX Chill Yellow 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture
XOX Chill Yellow 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture

XOX Chill Yellow 1/10 - graphic, pop-art, figurative, resin sculpture

By Viktor Mitic

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Playful, colourful and imaginative, Viktor Mitic’s latest series of sculptures appear to merge pop art with science fiction. The colour palette is fun, bright and contemporary—a sunny yellow. These 3-D figures began as digital creations, sculpted out of resin and painted. Their form was initially inspired by the towering abstract sculptures Mitic produced from images of paint splashes on his studio floor. Edition one of ten. “This character has emerged from a shadow of one of my sculptures (as in the video) I have always been a fan of science as well as science fiction writing and movies. For me, X-O-X is a ‘being’ that came out of a technological world possibly from another galaxy.” Viktor Mitic “As an icon, or hybrid worthy Viktor Mitic- X-O-X has a synthetic, playful identity. It’s culturally a fusion of influences brought together in one formal public sculpture.” John K. Grande, author, poet, essayist He earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Paint

Jose Palacios, ATLAS 25, Mixed media on paper, 2024
Jose Palacios, ATLAS 25, Mixed media on paper, 2024

Jose Palacios, ATLAS 25, Mixed media on paper, 2024

By Jose Palacios

Located in New York, NY

This vivid circular mixed media on paper by Jose Palacios, showcases his signature abstract pop art style, blending vibrant colors and dynamic forms. A radiant burst of joy on a cand...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Laminate, Paper, Acrylic, Vinyl

Absolut Statehood: Nevada, Pop Art Lithograph by James Pink
Absolut Statehood: Nevada, Pop Art Lithograph by James Pink

Absolut Statehood: Nevada, Pop Art Lithograph by James Pink

Located in Long Island City, NY

James Pink, American (1945 - ) - Absolut Statehood: Nevada, Year: 1992, Medium: Lithograph on paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 97/400, Image Size: 31 x 21.75 inches...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Space Angels, Peter Max
Space Angels, Peter Max

Space Angels, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Space Angels Year: 1999 Edition: 199/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 6.5 x 12 inches Condition: Excellent Inscripti...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Heart on Blends, Peter Max
Heart on Blends, Peter Max

Heart on Blends, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Heart on Blends Year: 2005 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 12.75 x 10 inches Condition: Excellent Inscri...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Garden Flowers, Peter Max
Garden Flowers, Peter Max

Garden Flowers, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Garden Flowers Year: 1979 Edition: 347/350, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Somerset paper Size: 30 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Si...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Kenny Scharf, Flintstones, Screenprint, 1998

Kenny Scharf, Flintstones, Screenprint, 1998

By Kenny Scharf

Located in Pembroke Pines, FL

Artist: Kenny Scharf Title: Kenny Scharf, Flintstones, Screenprint, unsigned Year: 1998 Medium: Screenprint, unsigned Edition: 150 Size: 35 x 44 in. (88.9 x 111.76 cm) Image Size: 3...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Vibrant Alan Davie Scottish Colorful Surrealist British Pop Art Village Painting
Vibrant Alan Davie Scottish Colorful Surrealist British Pop Art Village Painting

Vibrant Alan Davie Scottish Colorful Surrealist British Pop Art Village Painting

By Alan Davie

Located in Surfside, FL

Alan Davie, Scotland (1920-2014). Gouache painting with watercolor 'Village Myth' Hand signed ('with love') lower left, 1982 Dimensions: with frame 37.5"H x 30.25"W; image, 28"H x 22.5"W. James Alan Davie (1920 – 2014) was a Scottish painter and musician. Davie was born in Grangemouth, Scotland in 1920, the son of Elizabeth (née Turnbull) and James William Davie, an art teacher and painter who exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1925. During this formative period Davie discovered the poetry of Walt Whitman and T.S. Eliot, whose prose is echoed in letters home as well as his own verses. Alan Davie studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1937 to 1941. An early exhibition of his work came through the Society of Scottish Artists. After the Second World War, Davie played tenor saxophone in the Tommy Sampson Orchestra, which was based in Edinburgh and broadcast and toured in Europe. He also earned a living making jewellery during the postwar period. Davie began teaching basic design in the jewellery department at London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts led by the Scottish artist William Johnstone, where colleagues included artists Nigel Henderson, Eduardo Paolozzi, Richard Hamilton and Patrick Heron. In 1961, Davie’s jewellery was featured in The International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery at London’s Goldsmith’s Hall, a milestone in the history of jewellery making in Britain where an impressive roster of international and British artists including Alexander Calder, Naum Gabo, Victor Pasmore and John McHale...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

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.