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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
Volcano eruption abstract painting
Volcano eruption abstract painting

Volcano eruption abstract painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

Volcano eruption. Abstract acrylic art with different technique - First red layer just a base for waves, Waves i did with cartoon and used different shadows of the blue colour, After...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bellolla (Abstract, Round, Disc, Circle, Warm)
Bellolla (Abstract, Round, Disc, Circle, Warm)

Bellolla (Abstract, Round, Disc, Circle, Warm)

By Agent X

Located in Kansas City, MO

Agent X Bellolla (Abstract, Round, Disc, Circle, Warm) Archival Pigment Print with Archival Inks on 240 gsm Hahnemühle Paper 2024 Size: 19x19in Edition: 75 Signed, dated and numbere...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital

Portrait 469 Pop Art - ITALIAN SCHOOL
Portrait 469 Pop Art - ITALIAN SCHOOL

Portrait 469 Pop Art - ITALIAN SCHOOL

Located in Zofingen, AG

As an Antique sculpture, Dario Moschetta creates strength and movement in this artwork. Moreover, experimental technique brings an unique texture to the figure. Hair are waving alon...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Flowers, (After) Andy Warhol -Pop Art, Tapestry, Edition, Contemporary, Design
Flowers, (After) Andy Warhol -Pop Art, Tapestry, Edition, Contemporary, Design

Flowers, (After) Andy Warhol -Pop Art, Tapestry, Edition, Contemporary, Design

By Andy Warhol

Located in Zug, CH

(After) Andy Warhol Flowers, 1968 Hand Woven Wool Tapestry 183 x 183 cm (72 x 72 in) Edition of 20 With the knotted name ‘ANDY WARHOL’ lower right and the embroidered annotation ‘WARHOL ©’ on the reverse Published by Modern Master Tapestries, NY Throughout art history, the flower and its symbolism have been a subject matter for many renowned artists. Andy Warhol explored the qualities of the flower image through his Pop Art prism in the Flower series of 1964, thus creating cartoon-like symbols that would be instantly recognized. The 1964 Flower series became one of his most iconic and successful works. Based on a discovered photograph of hibiscus blossoms, Warhol drenched the flowers’ floppy shapes with a variation of vibrant colors, transforming them into psychedelic indoor décor. Playing with traditional art historical themes, Andy Warhol gave a particular twist to this historically accepted symbol of life. The electric colors of his flowers, drawn from a darker and rich undergrowth background might be the indicator of an extreme vision of life, a life lived on the edge. Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an American artist, a leading figure of the Pop Art movement. ​Using a variety of media materials from photographs up to computer-generated art, Warhol's works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity, culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. Emerging from the poverty and obscurity of an Eastern European immigrant family in Pittsburgh, Warhol became a charismatic magnet for bohemian New York. In 1960, he began to produce his first canvases depicting Popeye and Dick Tracy. After Marilyn Monroe’s death in August 1962, he started working from snapshots of the star’s already legendary face, which had been widely distributed by the world’s press. His choice of subjects clearly relates to an obsession with demise – his Marilyns, his Ten Lizies (created when the actress Elizabeth Taylor was seriously ill), and also his Elvis. Part of the “Death and Disaster” series, Andy Warhol´s...

Category

20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Tapestry, Wool

I Dream Of You
I Dream Of You

I Dream Of You

By John Randall Nelson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

John Randall Nelson’s paintings are layered with his own personal language consisting of patterns, symbols, and archetypes that may not make any literal sense but play on subconsciou...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel

"Jetson Family" Acrylic and Collage on Korean newsprint
"Jetson Family" Acrylic and Collage on Korean newsprint

"Jetson Family" Acrylic and Collage on Korean newsprint

By Gary John

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Gary John has been a street artist since 1985, originally from Seattle Washington, then moving to Venice Beach selling his art on the boardwalk for 10 years before exploding onto the...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic, Newsprint

POSE Limited Edition Spray Paint Can (POSE street artist)
POSE Limited Edition Spray Paint Can (POSE street artist)

POSE Limited Edition Spray Paint Can (POSE street artist)

By POSE

Located in NEW YORK, NY

POSE spray paint can 2021: Limited Edition POSE spray paint can published circa 2021. A unique street art / graffiti collectible that makes for a fantastic home display piece. Med...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Metal

Cibourne Harbor, Pop Art Lithograph by Marion McClanahan
Cibourne Harbor, Pop Art Lithograph by Marion McClanahan

Cibourne Harbor, Pop Art Lithograph by Marion McClanahan

Located in Long Island City, NY

Marion McClanahan, American (1921 - 1993) - Cibourne Harbor, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 50, Image Size: 23.5 x 34 inches, Siz...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Stoke Newington, London - Original Figurative Color Drenched Still Life Artwork
Stoke Newington, London - Original Figurative Color Drenched Still Life Artwork

Stoke Newington, London - Original Figurative Color Drenched Still Life Artwork

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

Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite

Carla Bruni - Gitane - dyptique
Carla Bruni - Gitane - dyptique

Carla Bruni - Gitane - dyptique

Located in PARIS, FR

Limited edition of 10 About the series: Carla Bruni - Interview Philippe Robert I've worked extensively with Carla Bruni since she was 17, on over 40 photo shoots. These photos, ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

C Print

Let's Fly Away (NY)

Let's Fly Away (NY)

By Nelson De La Nuez

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media. Pop Art. Humorous. On canvas. Man and and woman featured. New York theme. About the Artist: NELSON DE LA NUEZ is one of the most sought-after contemporary Pop...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Gay couple (Victor Hugo and unidentified man)

Gay couple (Victor Hugo and unidentified man)

By Andy Warhol

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol of Victor Hugo and and unidentified man. Image dimensions: 10 x 8 in. Framed dimensions: 18.125 x 16.625 in. Work is framed ...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Trance, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Trance, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Trance, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Neon Yellow with Magenta Paint Fun little painting to finish off a room. Stencil art with a dash of pop art. Enjoy looking at this and wondering what is she looking at. It could be a...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Bunny Love III Sculpture, Mixed Media and Glass, Pop Art, Signed 2025
Bunny Love III Sculpture, Mixed Media and Glass, Pop Art, Signed 2025

Bunny Love III Sculpture, Mixed Media and Glass, Pop Art, Signed 2025

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

Signed and dated 2025. OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!! This BUNNY LOVE sculpture was created as a homage to a powerful artist friend, as a a recollection and dedication to a creative person...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Magoo Magoo - Original Abstract Figurative Cartoon Pop Art Painting by Gary John
Magoo Magoo - Original Abstract Figurative Cartoon Pop Art Painting by Gary John

Magoo Magoo - Original Abstract Figurative Cartoon Pop Art Painting by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

"Credit Trap" - Acrylic Stencii on Paper

"Credit Trap" - Acrylic Stencii on Paper

By Plastic Jesus

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Plastic Jesus is a Los Angeles based street artist that specializes in bold stencil and installation work, inspired by world news events, society, the urban environment, culture and ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic, Stencil, Archival Paper

ART, poster for Colby College Museum hand signed and inscribed by Robert Indiana
ART, poster for Colby College Museum hand signed and inscribed by Robert Indiana

ART, poster for Colby College Museum hand signed and inscribed by Robert Indiana

By Robert Indiana

Located in New York, NY

Robert Indiana ART, poster for Colby College Museum exhibition (hand signed and inscribed by Robert Indiana), 1973 Offset lithograph poster Hand signed and inscribed by the artist on the front 35 × 23 inches This uniquely signed and inscribed poster was published on the occasion of an exhibition at Colby College Art Museum from September 16 - November 3, 1973, featuring new acquisitions...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph

Magnificent romantic seascape" oil painting of the Volskya Lilya
Magnificent romantic seascape" oil painting of the Volskya Lilya

Magnificent romantic seascape" oil painting of the Volskya Lilya

Located in Zofingen, AG

"Magnificent romantic seascape" oil painting of the Volsky Lily. Everyone has dreams. And every person has moments when dreams come true. This is a point of high enjoyment of life. I...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Oil

Tiger Girl
Tiger Girl

Mel RamosTiger Girl, 1964

$680Sale Price|20% Off

Tiger Girl

By Mel Ramos

Located in Austin, TX

Artist: Mel Ramos Title: Tiger Girl Portfolio: 1¢ Life Medium: Lithograph Year: 1964 Edition: 2000 Image Size: 16.25 in x 11.75 in Sold Unframed

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Snapdragon
Snapdragon

Snapdragon

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Snapdragon" 2011 is a original color linocut on Strathmore paper by artist Maxime Maurice Grossman, b. 1989. It is hand signed and numbered 6/40 in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 17.85 x 11.85 inches, framed size is 31 x 24 inches. Published by Joseph Grossman Fine Art...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Linocut

Footprints of Memories by Craig Alan
Footprints of Memories by Craig Alan

Footprints of Memories 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

Still Life with Hans Maler Pop Art Serigraph Hand Signed
Still Life with Hans Maler Pop Art Serigraph Hand Signed

Still Life with Hans Maler Pop Art Serigraph Hand Signed

By Josef Levi

Located in Surfside, FL

On deckle edged watermarked Arches French paper. hand signed in pencil, dated and numbered. the edition size is 175. there are three states of the same image image each with increasing detail and color. This is just for the one in the photo. Josef Alan Levi (1938) is an American artist whose works range over a number of different styles, but which are unified by certain themes consistently present among them. Josef Levi began his artistic career in the 1960s and early '70s, producing highly abstract and very modernist pieces: these employing exotic materials such as light fixtures and metallic parts. By 1975, Levy had transitioned to painting and drawing still lifes. At first these were, traditionally, of mundane subjects. Later, he would depict images from art history, including figures originally created by the Old Masters. Around 1980, he made another important shift, this time toward creating highly precise, though subtly altered reproductions of pairs of female faces which were originally produced by other artists. It is perhaps this work for which he is most well known. Since around 2000, Josef Levi has changed the style of his work yet again: now he works entirely with computers, using digital techniques to abstract greatly from art history, and also from other sources. Levi's works of art in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, the National Gallery of Art, and the Albright-Knox Museum, among many others. Levi's art has been featured on the cover of Harper's Magazine twice, once in June 1987, and once in May 1997. Josef Levi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from the University of Connecticut, where he majored in fine arts and minored in literature. From 1959 to 1960, he served to a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and from 1960 through 1967 he was in the U.S. Army Reserves. In 1966, he received the Purchase Award from the University of Illinois in 1966, and he was featured in New Talent U.S.A. by Art in America. He was an artist in residence at Appalachian State University in 1969, taught at Farleigh Dickenson University in 1971 and was a visiting professor of art at Pennsylvania State University in 1977. From 1975 to 2007, Levi resided in New York City. He now lives in an apartment in Rome, where he is able to paint with natural light as he was unable in New York. From 1959 to 1960, Josef took some courses of Howard McParlin Davis and Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University which initiated him into the techniques of reproducing the works of the Old Masters. His first works, created in the 1960s, were wood and stone sculptures of women. His first mature works were abstract pieces, constructed of electric lights and steel. In 1970, Levi's materials included fluorescent light bulbs, Rust-Oleum and perforated metal in addition to paint and canvas. By 1980, Josef Levi's art had transformed into a very specific form: a combination of reproductions of female faces which were originally depicted by other artists. The faces which he reproduces may be derived from either portraits or from small portions of much larger works; they are taken from paintings of the Old Masters, Japanese ukiyo-e, and 20th-century art. Artists from whom he has borrowed include: Vermeer, Rembrandt, Piero della Francesca, Botero, Matisse, Utamaro, Correggio, Da Vinci, Picasso, Chuck Close, Max Beckmann, Pisanello, Lichtenstein. The creation of these works is informed by Levi's knowledge and study of art history. Josef Levi's paintings from this period are drawn, then painted on fine linen canvas on wooden stretchers. The canvas is coated with twenty-five layers of gesso in order to produce a smooth surface on which to work. The drawing phase takes at least one month. Levi seals the drawing with acrylic varnish, and then he may apply layers of transparent acrylic in order to approximate the look of old paintings. After the last paint is applied, another layer of acrylic varnish is sprayed on to protect the work. Most of the figures in his contemporary pieces are not paired with any others. SELECTED COLLECTIONS MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, NY ALBRIGHT- KNOX GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY ALDRICH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, RIDGEFIELD, CT NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, DC BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, BROOKLYN, NY SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WASHINGTON, DC CORCORAN GALLERY, WASHINGTON, DC UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME ART...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

COLORFUL WATERCOLOR FESTIVAL I (Limited Edition Of Only 30 48X60 Prints -Canvas)
COLORFUL WATERCOLOR FESTIVAL I (Limited Edition Of Only 30 48X60 Prints -Canvas)

COLORFUL WATERCOLOR FESTIVAL I (Limited Edition Of Only 30 48X60 Prints -Canvas)

By Mauro Oliveira

Located in LOS ANGELES, CA

**FALL SUPER SALE UNTIL OCTOBER 13TH** A handful of artist 'masters' colorful dots but all or most are done by machines/printers. Oliveira dots were done and painted one by one and are the only ones 3D: 100s of rubber dots painted with dozens of color pallets. (For the original). For this limited edition print on canvas, the work will look like the PRIMARY PICTURE and the first 6 pictures...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas

Large Round Female Profile Painting on Panel With Yellow Pixel Floral Background
Large Round Female Profile Painting on Panel With Yellow Pixel Floral Background

Large Round Female Profile Painting on Panel With Yellow Pixel Floral Background

By Natasha Lelenco

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Large round female profile painting on wood panel with pixelated floral background and sculptural tondo format. This contemporary tondo painting by Natasha Lelenco transforms the cl...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Plywood, Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel

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.