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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
Sea Winds
Sea Winds

J. C. MoreySea Winds

$2,800Sale Price|37% Off

Sea Winds

Located in Atlanta, GA

J. C. Morey is a Spanish artist from the province of Alicante. He was born into a family of artists and connected to the art world since the 60s, which gave him the opportunity from...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Warhol, Chanel (Red/Pink), Channel Ad Campaign (after)

Warhol, Chanel (Red/Pink), Channel Ad Campaign (after)

By Andy Warhol

Located in Fairfield, CT

Title: Chanel Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 30 x 21 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in the plate Notes: This special ...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Offset

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd" La Gioconda " Mexican Huichol Beaded Art  Sculpture
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd" La Gioconda " Mexican Huichol Beaded Art  Sculpture

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd" La Gioconda " Mexican Huichol Beaded Art Sculpture

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Ohh Baby !  - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Ohh Baby !  - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss

Located in London, GB

Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist, BATIK. Measures 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

Tape Collection 90 Minutes Vintage Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

90 Minutes Vintage Blue, pop art from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, pers...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

KAWS SEPARATED Companion (KAWS black Separated Companion)
KAWS SEPARATED Companion (KAWS black Separated Companion)

KAWS SEPARATED Companion (KAWS black Separated Companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS SEPARATED COMPANION: New & unopened in its original packaging: This highly collectible black KAWS SEPARATED figure is derived from the Brooklyn based artist’s larger scale s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Mickey (Pop Art, Street Art, Disney)

Mickey (Pop Art, Street Art, Disney)

By Ben Allen

Located in Kansas City, MO

Ben Allen Mickey 3D-construction on Hahnemühle Velvet Year: 2022 Signed by hand and inscribed Edition: E.A. Size: 23.6 × 20.3 on 24.0 × 20.7 inches COA provided Ref.: 924802-1557 Born in 1979 in the UK, Ben Allen is a contemporary artist known for his fresh and exciting take on Pop Art. Armed with a range of complex collage techniques, Ben creates eclectic artworks that bring together the best bits of pop culture. Ben uses a bold colour palette to create Collages dripping with both paint and energy, drawing upon some of the most ubiquitous images in the modern world, from Disney characters to dollar signs. Ben Allen’s Career The standout style of Ben’s artwork has earned him spots in galleries in the UK, across the pond and even further afield. He has exhibited in countless galleries and festivals, in locations ranging from his hometown Brighton to more exotic locales like Miami, Hong Kong, Sydney and Seoul. He was also shortlisted for our Rise Art Prize in the Street Art category back in 2018. Clients and Collections Ben Allen’s wide appeal has made him a popular choice for commercial clients and private collectors alike. He has worked with big name brands...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Up - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art
Up - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art

Up - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art

By Jonas Fisch

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board

Small Pinocchio Aquatint Etching Jim Dine Pop Art Print
Small Pinocchio Aquatint Etching Jim Dine Pop Art Print

Small Pinocchio Aquatint Etching Jim Dine Pop Art Print

By Jim Dine

Located in Surfside, FL

Jim Dine (American, b. 1935) Etching depicting Pinocchio Published by Enitharmon Press for Whitman College, London 1999 Hand signed in pencil lower right. Measures 9" x 7" sheet siz...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

"Cocktail with ice."
"Cocktail with ice."

"Cocktail with ice."

Located in Zofingen, AG

The work belongs to lyrical or chromatic abstraction, where the focus is on color and form rather than on the exact reproduction of details. Acrylic painting is used, using a palette...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

Market Whirls Up Again - Original Framed Figurative Monopoly Pop Art Painting
Market Whirls Up Again - Original Framed Figurative Monopoly Pop Art Painting

Market Whirls Up Again - Original Framed Figurative Monopoly Pop Art Painting

By Nelson De La Nuez

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Nelson De La Nuez is one of the most sought-after contemporary Pop artists practicing today. His striking, vivid mixed media artwork borrows motifs and messages from the language of ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

American Dance Festival 1998 Lithograph Print, Pop Art, Unframed

American Dance Festival 1998 Lithograph Print, Pop Art, Unframed

By Alex Katz

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 59 x 35 inches ( 149.86 x 88.9 cm ) Image Size: 59 x 32 inches ( 149.86 x 81.28 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Details:...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

KAWS CHUM companion (KAWS orange Chum)
KAWS CHUM companion (KAWS orange Chum)

KAWS CHUM companion (KAWS orange Chum)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS CHUM Companion 2022 (orange): Published by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his famed KAWS’ Chum character; "I can remember clearly packing and shipping the first CHU...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Madcap Muse - Abstract Colorful Mixed Media Contemporary Painting
Madcap Muse - Abstract Colorful Mixed Media Contemporary Painting

Madcap Muse - Abstract Colorful Mixed Media Contemporary Painting

By Jonas Fisch

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986
BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986

BASQUIAT Kestner-Gesellschaft exhibition catalog 1986

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jean-Michel Basquiat Hanover 1986: Rare 1986 Basquiat catalog published on the occasion of Jean-Michel Basquiat Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover: 28 November 1986 to 25 January 1987. Featuring 60 works by a then 25 year old Basquiat, Kestner is widely remembered as Basquiat’s last major exhibition during his lifetime. Medium: softcover exhibition catalogue. Bound in stiff wraps. Text in German. Approximately 100 pages. Features full-page images of over 30 Basquiat paintings, in addition to several in collaboration with Andy Warhol. Very good overall vintage condition. From a scarce edition of unknown. _ We are a 1stDibs seller since 2016 specializing in Basquiat, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, KAWS & more. _ Jean-Michel Basquiat was an influential African-American artist who rose to success during the 1980s. Basquiat’s paintings are largely responsible for elevating graffiti artists into the realm of the New York gallery scene. His spray-painted crowns and scribbled words referenced everything from his Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage, to political issues, pop-culture icons, and Biblical verse. The gestural marks and expressive nature of his work not only aligned him with the street art of Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, but also the Neo-Expressionists Julian Schnabel and David Salle. “If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence,” he said of his process. “It's simply someone's idea going through my new mind.” Born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, NY, Basquiat never finished high school but developed an appreciation for art as a youth, from his many visits to the Brooklyn Museum of Art with his mother. His early work consisted of spray painting buildings and trains in downtown New York alongside his friend Al Diaz. The artist’s tag was the now infamous pseudonym SAMO. After quickly rising to fame in the early 1980s, Basquiat was befriended by many celebrities and artists, including Andy Warhol, with whom he made several collaborative works. At only 27, his troubles with fame and drug addiction led to his tragic death from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988 in New York, NY. The Whitney Museum of American Art held the artist’s first retrospective from October 1992 to February 1993. In 2017, after having set Basquiat’s auction record the previous year with a $57.3 million purchase, the Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa surpassed it, buying the artist’s Untitled (1982) at Sotheby's for $110.5 million. This set a new record for the highest price ever paid at auction for an American artist's work. Today, Basquiat's works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, among others. Related Categories: Jean-Michel Basquiat Bischofberger...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper

If You Ever Leave Me, I'm Coming With You - Hand Embellished
If You Ever Leave Me, I'm Coming With You - Hand Embellished

If You Ever Leave Me, I'm Coming With You - Hand Embellished

Located in Nottingham, GB

Hand signed, hand embellished mixed media silkscreen. Unique AP edition of 12 "If you ever leave me, I'm coming with you" is a playful, humorous yet paradoxical expression of deep ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"I Defy Gravity" Marilyn Monroe Portrait Pop Art Street Art Colorful Painting
"I Defy Gravity" Marilyn Monroe Portrait Pop Art Street Art Colorful Painting

"I Defy Gravity" Marilyn Monroe Portrait Pop Art Street Art Colorful Painting

By Gieler

Located in New York, NY

This piece depicts famous icon, Marilyn Monroe. Done with beautiful expressive colors and a distinctive street art design, this piece pops with energy and romantic beauty. Its compos...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Cow
Cow

Cow

By Andy Warhol

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprint on wallpaper, 1971. Printed by Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, Inc., New York. Published for a Warhol exhibition at the Whitney Museum by Factory Additions, New Yor...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Saguaro Sunrise, Original Painting
Saguaro Sunrise, Original Painting

Saguaro Sunrise, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Tall Saguaro cacti dot a hilly southwestern landscape. The rising sun casts long, dramatic shadows that stretch across the terrain. Bright reds, blues, and yell...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Alex Katz - American Dance Festival - 1976 original poster

Alex Katz - American Dance Festival - 1976 original poster

By Alex Katz

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Sku: CB1505 Artist: Alex Katz Title: American Dance Festival Year: 1976 Signed: No Medium: Offset Lithograph Paper Size: 39 x 30.5 inches ( 99.06 x 77.47 cm ) Image Size: 39 x 30.5 i...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)
Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)

Kusama Pumpkins (Set of 3 works)

By Yayoi Kusama

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Yayoi Kusama Set of 3 Pumpkins: Yellow and Black, Red & White and Red & Black Naoshima: An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art set - these small Kusama pumpkin sculptures feat...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Resin

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.