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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
We Love To Party
We Love To Party

We Love To Party

Located in Nottingham, GB

Hand embellished print on paper (AP) This piece comes with full provenance. This incredible limited edition would make a wonderful statement piece for a feature wall. and it would ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Space Jam Original Production Drawing: Bugs Bunny
Space Jam Original Production Drawing: Bugs Bunny

Space Jam Original Production Drawing: Bugs Bunny

Located in Los Angeles, CA

MEDIUM: ​Original Production Drawing IMAGE SIZE: 16.5" x 11.5" PRODUCTION: Space Jam SKU: IFA2934 ABOUT THE FILM: Featured alongside the NBA legend in Space Jam are Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Lola Bunny, Sylvester and the Tasmanian Devil. Space Jam was a highly successful box office smash in 1996. It told the story of the Looney Tunes gang as they pull Michael Jordan out of his retirement from basketball to help them win a basketball game to save them from slavery at an alien theme park. A unique premise to say the least, Space Jam had mass appeal for basketball and Looney Tunes fans alike. There is even a highly anticipated sequel to be released in 2021. It is also worth noting that Michael Jordan has been recently brought back to the limelight in the new Netflix documentary series The Last Dance, which recounts his last season with the Chicago Bulls...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Pencil

Marilyn

Marilyn

By Seek One

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media on wood. Resin finish optional. Homage to Marilyn Monroe. About the Artist: Seek One has been featured in Forbes, Maxim, Haute Luxury among others. He shows at g...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Chaos: Primordial Life, 2017
Chaos: Primordial Life, 2017

Chaos: Primordial Life, 2017

By Takashi Murakami

Located in Greenwich, CT

Chaos: Primordial Life is an offset lithograph on paper, 26.75 x 26.75 inches, signed and numbered 92/300 lower right. Framed in a contemporary silver-tone frame.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Offset

Andy Warhol Album Cover Art (Warhol record art set of 4 LPs)
Andy Warhol Album Cover Art (Warhol record art set of 4 LPs)

Andy Warhol Album Cover Art (Warhol record art set of 4 LPs)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol album art 1983-1986: A collection of four 1980’w LPs with individual cover art designed by Andy Warhol. Each piece is featured prominently in 'Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987- Catalog Raisonne' by Andy Warhol scholar, Paul Marechal. Featuring the following recording artists Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Paul Anka & Rats & Star. Classic 1980's Andy Warhol imagery that makes for fantastic 1980s Pop wall-art. Medium: Offset printed album covers accompanied by their individual vinyl record albums. 12 x 12 inches / 30.48 x 30.48 cm (applies to each individual). Covers: Ranging from good to very good overall vintage condition. Includes original records in good to excellent condition. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Andy Warhol record art: Further Background: In the late 1950s, as the record industry began to expand at an extraordinary rate, Warhol was hired by both Columbia and RCA Records on a freelance basis to create album covers and promotional content and, from there, carried the skill throughout his career. When Warhol arrived in New York he met with his schoolmate George Klauber who was, at the time, working for a creative agency run by Will Burtin. Klauber did Warhol a favour and introduced him to Burtin and the opportunity to work with Columbia’s, and later RCA’s, art director Robert M. Jones. Robert M. Jones remembered it fondly and suggested that the commissions may have been his first: “I gave him three little spots to do for the corners of the standard albums. He needed money...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

Pop Art Acrylic Painting 'Detectives' from the Tintin Comic books
Pop Art Acrylic Painting 'Detectives' from the Tintin Comic books

Pop Art Acrylic Painting 'Detectives' from the Tintin Comic books

By Fernando Fer Sucre

Located in Surfside, FL

These are the detectives of the Belgian comic book Tintin created by Herge. FER SUCRE is a Venezuelan-born artist now in Wynwood Miami, Florida. He studied graphic design and paintin...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Plastic, Acrylic

Sailboat Series III, Peter Max

Sailboat Series III, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Sailboat Series III Year: 1998 Edition: 62/300, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper Size: 4.75 x 5.75 inches Condition: Excellent ...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pink Lemonade - Very large oil painting, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Pink Lemonade - Very large oil painting, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Pink Lemonade - Very large oil painting, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Pink Lemonade, oil on canvas, 170 x 110 x 4 cm Immerse yourself in the refreshing world of Pink Lemonade – a vibrant oasis teeming with blossoms. Picture a serene summer twiligh...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Oil

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

Bonsai, Jonas Wood, 2022
Bonsai, Jonas Wood, 2022

Bonsai, Jonas Wood, 2022

By Jonas Wood

Located in Draper, UT

13-color screen print on rising museum board 28 × 23 in 71.1 × 58.4 cm Edition of 200 Jonas Wood (b. 1977, Boston) makes paintings, drawings, and prints in the genres of portraiture, still life, and landscape. His work reflects a personal approach to subject matter defined by his affinities and experiences. Conjuring depth using flat forms––his process involves collage-based studies in which he sometimes works with photographs to deconstruct and reassemble the images––Wood probes the boundaries between the new and the familiar, integrating emotionally resonant material from everyday life. Jonas Wood has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art (2019); Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherlands (with Shio Kusaka...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paper

Jerry Garcia Pop Art Print on Hahnemühle Paper, 33x33
Jerry Garcia Pop Art Print on Hahnemühle Paper, 33x33

Jerry Garcia Pop Art Print on Hahnemühle Paper, 33x33

By Agent X

Located in New York, NY

Agent X Jerry Garcia 2025 Medium: Archival Pigment Inks on 310 gsm hahnemühle paper Size: 33 x 33 inch (83 x 83 CM) Limited Edition out of 125 Signed and numbered by the artist

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Giclée, Digital Pigment

McSmile - Original Abstract Figurative McDonalds Inspired Artwork by Gary John
McSmile - Original Abstract Figurative McDonalds Inspired Artwork by Gary John

McSmile - Original Abstract Figurative McDonalds Inspired Artwork by Gary John

By Gary John

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Ink

Sailboat East on Blends, Peter Max
Sailboat East on Blends, Peter Max

Sailboat East on Blends, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Sailboat East on Blends Year: 2005 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 17 x 13 inches Condition: Excellent I...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Frank Sinatra Singing In The Rain - Textured Raised Original Painting Portrait
Frank Sinatra Singing In The Rain - Textured Raised Original Painting Portrait

Frank Sinatra Singing In The Rain - Textured Raised Original Painting Portrait

By Virginie Schroeder

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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

Zing Wreck, Large Pop Art Painting by Muffinhead

Zing Wreck, Large Pop Art Painting by Muffinhead

Located in Long Island City, NY

Zing Wreck by Muffinhead, American (1975) Date: 2003 Acrylic on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 54 x 63 in. (137.16 x 160.02 cm)

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sun and moon , 80x80cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.

Sun and moon , 80x80cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.

Located in Yerevan, AM

Sun and moon , 80x80cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs. the sun and the moon symbolize dualism and the unity of opposites. The sun is often associated with masculinity, activity, st...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Color

Untitled from Pop Shop IV
Untitled from Pop Shop IV

Untitled from Pop Shop IV

By Keith Haring

Located in Aventura, FL

Untitled from Pop Shop IV. Screen print in colors on wove paper. Hand signed and dated on front by Keith Haring. Hand numbered 130/200 on front (there are also 25 artist proofs). ...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Screen

50 Dollar Bill
50 Dollar Bill

50 Dollar Bill

By Steve Kaufman

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist: Steve Kaufman Title: 50 Dollar Bill Medium: Screenprint on Canvas Edition: AP 5 of 50 Year: 2000-2010 Notes: Hand Signed and Numbered by the artis...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Screen

The Maroon Robe
The Maroon Robe

The Maroon Robe

By Jim Dine

Located in Missouri, MO

Maroon Carborundum Robe (C. 47), 1991 Published by Pace Editions, New York Jim Dine (American, b. 1935) Woodcut Print Hand Signed, Dated, and Numbered Lower Left Edition 1/12 Lower L...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Color, Woodcut

Human Rights 1981, Robert Rauschenberg

Human Rights 1981, Robert Rauschenberg

By Robert Rauschenberg

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Title: Human Rights 1981 Year: 1981 Medium: Silkscreen and lithograph on wove paper Edition: 41/100, plus proofs Size: 31 x 23 inches Conditio...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

The Letter A, Pop Art Screenprint by Michael Bierut
The Letter A, Pop Art Screenprint by Michael Bierut

The Letter A, Pop Art Screenprint by Michael Bierut

Located in Long Island City, NY

Michael Bierut, American (1957 - ) - The Letter A, Portfolio: The Alphabet Portfolio, Year: 1993, Medium: Screenprint, Image Size: 33.5 x 21.5 inches, Size: 35 x 23 in. (88.9 x ...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Cloned black father Elephant.
Cloned black father Elephant.

Cloned black father Elephant.

By William Sweetlove

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Original sculpture 8 ex. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism and pop a...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Polyurethane

Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation - Multicolor Pop Art Photo
Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation - Multicolor Pop Art Photo

Vinyl Collection Nine Piece Multicolor Installation - Multicolor Pop Art Photo

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

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

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Democrats, Pop Art Linocut by Richard Mock
Democrats, Pop Art Linocut by Richard Mock

Democrats, Pop Art Linocut by Richard Mock

By Richard Mock

Located in Long Island City, NY

Richard Mock, American (1944 - 2006) - Democrats, Year: 1996, Medium: Linocut on BFK Rives, signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 80, Image Size: 16.25 x 19 inch...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Linocut

BANNED Books (framed)
BANNED Books (framed)

BANNED Books (framed)

By Karyn Mannix

Located in East Hampton, NY

hard to photograph image BANNED Books (comes framed in white frame) Art size is 24x18 framed 26x20 Grease Pencil on Photograph Unique Wall Display image is to show how it looks fram...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Redondo Afternoon - Urban Still Life Abstract Color Drenched Mixed Media Artwork
Redondo Afternoon - Urban Still Life Abstract Color Drenched Mixed Media Artwork

Redondo Afternoon - Urban Still Life Abstract Color Drenched Mixed Media 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

BEDROOM
BEDROOM

BEDROOM

By Roy Lichtenstein

Located in Aventura, FL

From Interior Series. Woodcut and screen print in colors on Museum Board. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Roy Lichtenstein. Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles.. Corlett 247...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Board, Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut

Mudd Club New York 1979 street poster (framed)
Mudd Club New York 1979 street poster (framed)

Mudd Club New York 1979 street poster (framed)

By Fernando Natalici

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Original Mudd Club poster, New York 1979: A must have for any true Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring collector - this piece is featured in the 2017 Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary, 'Boom For Real.' Promotional poster. 1979. Artwork Dimensions: 18x24 inches (19x25 inches). Very good overall vintage condition condition; some minor fading consistent with age. Minor wear to frame. Provenance: Obtained directly from the original art designer. The Mudd Club was founded by filmmaker Steve Mass, art curator Diego Cortez, and downtown punk scene figure Anya Phillips...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Dancer 1
Dancer 1

Dancer 1

By Alex Katz

Located in New York, NY

Alex Katz Dancer 1 2019 Silkscreen in colors on Saunders Waterford HP High White 425 gsm paper 60 x 36 inches (153 x 92 cm) Edition of 60

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Raymond Pettibon Punk flyer 1984 (Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1984)
Raymond Pettibon Punk flyer 1984 (Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1984)

Raymond Pettibon Punk flyer 1984 (Raymond Pettibon Black Flag 1984)

By Raymond Pettibon

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Punk flyer 1984:
 Black Flag at Perkins Palace May 5, 1984 featuring original artwork by Raymond Pettibon. Medium: Offset Printed Punk flyer. Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches. Condition: Scattered small pin holes, minor signs of handling; minor staining; center fold line visible from the back side. In otherwise good overall vintage condition.
 Printed signature on lower right. Further History:
 Between the years 1978 and 1986 Raymond Pettibon (aka, Raymond Pettibon; St. Pettibone) produced a now historic amassment of graphic works for seminal Southern California punk bands such as Black Flag, the Dead...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

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.