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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
Keith Haring Museumjournaal 1982 (announcement)
Keith Haring Museumjournaal 1982 (announcement)

Keith Haring Museumjournaal 1982 (announcement)

By Keith Haring

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Keith Haring 1982: A rare printed announcement card offset illustrated by Keith Haring to promote the Dutch art publication, Museumjournaal. Medium: offset printed announcement card...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

San Francisco Museum of Art (Pepper Pot) Vinyl Banner /// Andy Warhol Soup Can
San Francisco Museum of Art (Pepper Pot) Vinyl Banner /// Andy Warhol Soup Can

San Francisco Museum of Art (Pepper Pot) Vinyl Banner /// Andy Warhol Soup Can

By Andy Warhol

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: (after) Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Title: "San Francisco Museum of Art (Pepper Pot)" Year: 2004 Medium: Original (double-sided) Offset-Lithograph on Vinyl, Museum Street Banner...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art
Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art

Rare 1980s Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art

By Keith Haring

Located in NEW YORK, NY

1980s Keith Haring Record Art: David BOWIE "Without You" A Rare Highly Sought After Vinyl Art Cover featuring original cover artwork by Keith Haring. Year: 1983. Medium: Off-Set Li...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Ferrari Jerrycan
Ferrari Jerrycan

Ferrari Jerrycan

By Erik Salin

Located in Nottingham, GB

Original Artwork - Contemporary Sculpture 'Ferrari' Jerrycan. Born in Paris and Influenced by the Pop Art movement, Erik Salin's figurative artistic approach diverts objects from t...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Sunbeams
Sunbeams

Sunbeams

By Nicky Chubb

Located in Deddington, GB

Sunbeams by Nicky Chubb [2022] original Acrylic on Canvas Image size: H:80 cm x W:80 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:80 cm x W:80 cm x D:3.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that in...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bruce Springsteen photograph (the Bottom Line NYC 1975)
Bruce Springsteen photograph (the Bottom Line NYC 1975)

Bruce Springsteen photograph (the Bottom Line NYC 1975)

By Fernando Natalici

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Bruce Springsteen Photograph by Fernando Natalici A rare, striking photo of Bruce Springsteen at the age of 25 captured at The Bottom Line New York, 1975, by celebrated underground photographer, Fernando Natalici. Bruce and The East Street Band's 1975 shows at The Bottom Line were cited by Rolling Stone in 2004 as among the “50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock & Roll." Dimensions: 13 x 19 inches Medium: Archival Inkjet Print Hand signed & titled in ink from a limited edition of 25 Excellent condition Seller is a primary dealer rep of Fernando Natalici As Rolling Stone wrote... In August 1975, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were booked to play ten shows at the tiny New York club the Bottom Line, near Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Springsteen was weeks away from releasing his third album, Born to Run, and his label, Columbia, invited more than 1,000 industry insiders to see what fans of the E Street Band's live shows had long known. As guitarist Steven Van...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Inkjet

"Yayoi Kusama"
"Yayoi Kusama"

"Yayoi Kusama"

By Kyrylo Bondarenko

Located in Edinburgh, GB

In this Syria, I explore the forms, smells, and sensations of a delightful table still life. A series of paintings created during my studies at the academy. A second life for academi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Oil, Paper

Lavender, Pop Art Etching by Peter Max

Lavender, Pop Art Etching by Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Long Island City, NY

Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - Lavender, Year: circa 1981, Medium: Etching, signed in pencil, Edition: PP 1, Frame Size: 19 x 22.5 inches

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Etching

Protect Our Planet Ver. II, Peter Max
Protect Our Planet Ver. II, Peter Max

Protect Our Planet Ver. II, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Protect Our Planet Ver. II Year: 2002 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on archival paper Size: 13.81 x 17.12 inches Condition: Excelle...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1991 (Keith Haring poster card)
Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1991 (Keith Haring poster card)

Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1991 (Keith Haring poster card)

By Keith Haring

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Keith Haring "Important Early Works from the Estate": Rare original 1991 Keith Haring exhibition announcement to a seminal Keith Haring exhibition held at Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York in the fall/winter proceeding Haring’s death (October 31st, 1991 to January 9th, 1992). Cover image features a reproduction of Keith Haring’s iconic (untitled) Three Eyed Smiling Face 1981. A classic vintage Haring...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Vintage Modern Lithograph Poster 1960s Pop Art Mod Figure
Vintage Modern Lithograph Poster 1960s Pop Art Mod Figure

Vintage Modern Lithograph Poster 1960s Pop Art Mod Figure

By Richard Lindner

Located in Surfside, FL

Vintage 1960's Lithograph poster for Vancouver Canada art show. Richard Lindner was born in Hamburg, Germany. In 1905 the family moved to Nuremberg, where Lindners mother was owner of a custom-fitting corset business and Richard Lindner grew up and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Arts and Crafts School since 1940 Academy of Fine Arts). From 1924 to 1927 he lived in Munich and studied there from 1925 at the Kunstakademie. In 1927 he moved to Berlin and stayed there until 1928, when he returned to Munich to become art director of a publishing firm. He remained there until 1933, when he was forced to flee to Paris, where he became politically engaged, sought contact with French artists and earned his living as a commercial artist. He was interned when the war broke out in 1939 and later served in the French Army. In 1941 he went to the United States and worked in New York City as an illustrator of books and magazines (Vogue, Fortune and Harper's Bazaar). He began painting seriously in 1952, holding his first one-man exhibit in 1954. His style blends a mechanistic cubism with personal images and haunting symbolism. LIndner maintained contact with the emigre community including New York artists and German emigrants (Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Saul Steinberg). Though he became a United States citizen in 1948, Lindner considered himself a New Yorker, but not a true American. However, over the course of time, his continental circus women became New York City streetwalkers. New York police...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

Two Sages, Peter Max
Two Sages, Peter Max

Two Sages, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Two Sages Year: 2000 Edition: 307/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 7.25 x 8.25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ruby, Richard Bernstein
Ruby, Richard Bernstein

Ruby, Richard Bernstein

By Richard Bernstein

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Richard Bernstein (1939-2002) Title: Ruby Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen on Vellum paper Edition: 120/200, plus proofs Size: 20 x 30.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Sign...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

"Cereal Killers", 2025
"Cereal Killers", 2025

"Cereal Killers", 2025

Located in Southampton, NY

Explosive, nostalgic, and irresistibly fun — Cereal Killers by New York pop artist PUNK is a wild celebration of Saturday-morning memories and pop-culture indulgence. This limited e...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Untitled from Cartoon Series
Untitled from Cartoon Series

Untitled from Cartoon Series

By Robert Reitzfeld

Located in Surfside, FL

"New York artist Robert Reitzfeld has a devoted cult following, but his paintings are not nearly as well known as they ought to be....The paintings show a witty merger of Pop art idi...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Oil

Original Top Dog Black with Red Eyes Hand Embellished - Signed Silkscreen
Original Top Dog Black with Red Eyes Hand Embellished - Signed Silkscreen

Original Top Dog Black with Red Eyes Hand Embellished - Signed Silkscreen

By George Rodrigue

Located in Mount Laurel, NJ

This Blue Dog work consists of a dog on a black background. The dog is embellished with dark blue around the nose and hand painted red eyes. This pop art animal original mixed media print on paper is guaranteed authentic and is hand signed by the artist. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original – Top Dog...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Sailboat Series II, Peter Max
Sailboat Series II, Peter Max

Sailboat Series II, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Sailboat Series II Year: 1998 Edition: 201/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 4.75 x 5.75 inches Condition: Excellent ...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Liberty Head I, Peter Max

Liberty Head I, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Liberty Head I Year: 2001 Edition: 430/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.5 x 3 inches Condition: Excellent Inscriptio...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Private Parties
Private Parties

Private Parties

By Jean Sariano

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Jean Sariano Algerian-American (1943-) Title: Private Parties Date: 1979 Medium: Etching Image Size 10 x 23 inches Sheet size: 17 x 31 inches Signature: signed lower right Edition: 300 This one: 136/300 This wonderful, playful etching and aquatint is immediately identifiable as the work of Jean Sariano (1943-). It is numbered, titled and signed 136/300, “Private Parties”, Jean Sariano in the lower margin, all in pencil. The print measures 17” x 31” the sheet and 10” x 23” the plate. It is in excellent, pristine, never-framed condition. Born in 1943 in Oran, Algeria, Frenchman Jean Sariano studies art at L’Ecole Régionale et Municipale Des Beaux Arts d’Oran. He is forced to escape the Algerian Revolution to Vichy, France in 1956 with his mother and five siblings. From there, Sariano moves to Paris to pursue his art studies at the world famous L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux Arts de Paris. To fund his studies, he becomes janitor at Giraudon in Paris - a photo agency specialized in art. There he meets all the Masters, and very quickly he is in charge of classifying thousands of painting reproductions “A dream job for the eyes”. This job allows him to make his first trip to New York where he immediately falls in love with the city. It is at this time that he starts painting bicycles...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK- Signed Limited Edition

Fun Loving Criminals II by BATIK- Signed Limited Edition

By BATIK

Located in London, GB

Fun Loving Criminals II By BATIK- Signed Limited Edition Archival pigment pop art print of infamous criminal arrest mugshots of Fifty Cent, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Snoop Dog, ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Snoopy True Friends, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Snoopy True Friends, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Snoopy True Friends, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Gardani Art

Located in Yardley, PA

One-of-a-kind Pop Art Original Painting on Canvas by Gardani, hand signed by the Artist front and back, comes with official Gardani Certificate of Authenticity with a unique dollar b...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Vinyl Collection Green, Pink Orange Three Framed Pop Art Color Photography
Vinyl Collection Green, Pink Orange Three Framed Pop Art Color Photography

Vinyl Collection Green, Pink Orange Three Framed Pop Art Color Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Heidler & Heeps Vinyl Collection Set of Three Framed Artworks. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesm...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Crosses
Crosses

Crosses

By Andy Warhol

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Crosses (1982) Unique polaroid print Size: 3.375 x 4.25 in (8.6 x 10.8 cm) Frame size: 11.5 x 12 in (29.2 x 30.4 cm) Authenticated by the Authentication Boa...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Polaroid

Chicken on rock.
Chicken on rock.

Chicken on rock.

By William Sweetlove

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Publisher GKM. Edition of 50 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Temporality and eternity are two concepts that increasingly compete in my work.
I have ...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Resin

Pop Shop I (3)
Pop Shop I (3)

Pop Shop I (3)

By Keith Haring

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist: Keith Haring Title: Pop Shop I (3) Size: 12 × 15 in (30.5 × 38.1 cm) Medium: Silkscreen in colors on wove paper Edition: 151 of 200 Year: 1987 Notes: Hand signed, numbered, a...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

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.