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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
Zero in Blue, 1985 Painting by Peter Max
Zero in Blue, 1985 Painting by Peter Max

Zero in Blue, 1985 Painting by Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Long Island City, NY

Zero in Blue by Peter Max, German/American (1937) Date: 1985 Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 24 in. x 18 in. (60.96 cm x 45.72 cm) Frame Size: 26.5 x 20.5 inches

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Larry Rinder & Unidentified Man at Studio 54

Larry Rinder & Unidentified Man at Studio 54

By Andy Warhol

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

This work is unique featuring dancers at Studio 54. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy Warho...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vivien
Vivien

Vivien

By Alex Katz

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“Vivien” is a figurative, silkscreen portrait by Pop artist, Alex Katz. The artwork is signed, in pencil, lower left "Alex Katz 43/60” Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1927, Alex Katz...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Lucky Gun

Lucky Gun

By Zane Fix

Located in East Hampton, NY

Unframed World-renowned guru of Jap Pop Art - Zane Fix, is an American artist, born in Brooklyn, New York. The art of Zane Fix blends both the intensity and simplicity of Japanese ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Rice Paper, Archival Pigment

Fernando Natalici Area Nightclub: 1983-1987 (collection of 16 works)
Fernando Natalici Area Nightclub: 1983-1987 (collection of 16 works)

Fernando Natalici Area Nightclub: 1983-1987 (collection of 16 works)

By Fernando Natalici

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Fernando Natalici Area Nightclub 1983-1987: A collection of 16 hand-colored silver gelatin photographs spanning the history of the seminal 1980s New York nightclub known as "Area". These rare images were captured by Fernando Natalici - a noted downtown art scene photographer who is also famous for designing the majority of Area's party invites during this period. These works were exhibited at Area circa 1986 as part of show curated by Serge Becker (featured in image 4) - a key Area figurehead. A much historical & highly decorative assemblage of Area regulars defining the club's historic & vibrant scene. Further details: Medium: A collection of 16 individual hand-colored silver gelatin photographs mounted on illustration board. Overall Dimensions (applies to each individual work): 16x20 inches. Condition: Good overall vintage condition. Some scattered surface markings to margin areas. Each hand-signed on the reverse by Natalici and unique. Provenance: Obtained directly from artist. Literature/References: Area: 1983-1987 by Eric Goode Jennifer Goode (pub. by Abrams 2013). New York Magazine 2013: "It Was the Hottest Club in Town." Area: A brief history (New York Magazine 11/1/13): "Influenced equally by sixties-era happenings and the gonzo childhoods of its proprietors, Area opened its doors in 1983. The club, unlike any that came before it, underwent a painstaking transformation roughly every six weeks, with themes like Confinement, Suburbia, and Science Fiction that incorporated elaborate art installations with taxidermied bears...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Silver Gelatin

Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Golden and Blue Color Limited Edition Prints
Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Golden and Blue Color Limited Edition Prints

Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Golden and Blue Color Limited Edition Prints

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Two framed pop artworks from the Heidler and Heeps Tape Collection 'All That Glitters is Golden' and 'All That Glitters is Not Golden (Blue). The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Cosmic Jumper, Detail III, Peter Max

Cosmic Jumper, Detail III, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Cosmic Jumper, Detail III Year: 2002 Edition: 451/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 4.87 x 4.5 inches Condition: Excell...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Grey Suds
Grey Suds

Grey Suds

By Ed Ruscha

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) is known internationally for his blending of conceptual approaches with pop sensibilities. Today he is firmly established as a leading figure in American 20th cen...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Hebru Brantley Flyboy Set of 2 (Hebru Brantley art toys)
Hebru Brantley Flyboy Set of 2 (Hebru Brantley art toys)

Hebru Brantley Flyboy Set of 2 (Hebru Brantley art toys)

By Hebru Brantley

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Hebru Brantley Beyond the Beyond, 2018. Set of 2 Hebru Brantley Flyboy’s, each new in original packaging. Medium: Painted cast vinyl. Dimensions (applies to each individual figure): 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm). Each new in its original packaging. From a sold out edition of unknown; published by Hebru Brantley, Billionaire Boys Club & BAIT. Safely packed and shipped from New York, NY. Artist Statement: "Flyboy came out of characters of colour within popular culture. I hate saying “popular culture,” but it’s really popular culture. I mean you look at cartoons. You’ve got animated sponges and ducks and birds and whatever, and it’s very rare to see a popular character within any medium that is African-American, Latino, even Asian. What I wanted to do was create that, but in a space of high art and be able to have some historical context to that character. So I looked at the Tuskegee Airmen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Valentine's Heart Ad Painting, Pop Art, Ink on Canvas, Framed, 1980s
Valentine's Heart Ad Painting, Pop Art, Ink on Canvas, Framed, 1980s

Valentine's Heart Ad Painting, Pop Art, Ink on Canvas, Framed, 1980s

By Andy Warhol

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

A unique work by the father of the Pop Art movement, Andy Warhol. A work on canvas from the 1980's inspired by the artist's personal commitment to support the Heart Foundation. The ...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Synthetic, Ink, Polymer

Crow, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Crow, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Soso Kumsiashvili

Located in Yardley, PA

Crow Acrylic on canvas 66X86 cm :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Kinema Office, Cambridge
Kinema Office, Cambridge

Kinema Office, Cambridge

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Taken in one of Richard's favourite buildings in Cambridge. Cambridge is blessed with many architectural marvels but this former cinema had a particularly unique wooden auditorium, a...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Straw Hat 1
Straw Hat 1

Straw Hat 1

By Alex Katz

Located in Boca Raton, FL

With flat planes of rich color, Alex Katz’s landscapes and portraits evoke the smooth aesthetics of advertising billboards and film. The prolific artist is especially well known for ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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

Mona Lisa II, Peter Max
Mona Lisa II, Peter Max

Mona Lisa II, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Mona Lisa II Year: 2003 Edition: 500/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 16 x 11 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

BlaBlaBla (Light Blue)
BlaBlaBla (Light Blue)

BlaBlaBla (Light Blue)

By Nayla Saroufim

Located in New York, NY

Nayla Kai Saroufim is a Lebanese artist based in Los Angeles and Beirut. She earned a degree in Illustration and Art Direction from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts. She had wor...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Steel

Cher (Portrait)
Cher (Portrait)

Cher (Portrait)

By Andy Warhol

Located in Toronto, Ontario

From 1976 until his death in 1987, Andy Warhol was rarely without a camera. Photography was fundamental both to his artistic practice and his engagement with the world around him. Th...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Spirit Hearts (~64% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY + FREE U.S. SHIPPING)
Spirit Hearts (~64% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY + FREE U.S. SHIPPING)

Spirit Hearts (~64% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY + FREE U.S. SHIPPING)

By Louise Marler

Located in Kansas City, MO

Louise Marler Spirit Hearts Mixed Media on handmade paper from Nepal 2022 Size: 19x15in Signed Stamped COA provided Ref.: 924802-1418 Louise Marler’s photo-based Mixed Media art, is iconic visual vocabulary. Au-thentic style has led to exhibits, art collections and events which integrate his-tory, education, and entertainment. Raised in a family that collected, sold and repaired typewriters. These and other analog, vintage machines are part of her personal history and led naturally to becoming part of the subject matter of her visual expression. Louise Marleris inspired by Americana and also influenced by pop art and technology. “I developed my unique art style in a Santa Monica Airport (former mechanic) hanger turned art studio. I currently live and work in St. Louis where antique row...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

KAWS WHAT PARTY white (KAWS white what party)
KAWS WHAT PARTY white (KAWS white what party)

KAWS WHAT PARTY white (KAWS white what party)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS WHAT PARTY Companion: This KAWS Companion vinyl sculpture features KAWS' CHUM character in a hunched position. Published to commemorate the debut of KAWS’ larger scale sculptur...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Guardians of Justice: signed and remarqued by Bruce Timm
Guardians of Justice: signed and remarqued by Bruce Timm

Guardians of Justice: signed and remarqued by Bruce Timm

By DC Comics Studio Artists

Located in Los Angeles, CA

MEDIUM: Signed and Remarqued Giclée on Canvas EDITION: 100 SIZE: 17" x 22" ARTIST: Bruce Timm SKU: CP1553R Guardians of Justice is created in-house by the artists of DC Comics, and inspired by the animated series “The Justice League...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Pencil

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

Pop Art Vincent Van Gogh Serigraph
Pop Art Vincent Van Gogh Serigraph

Pop Art Vincent Van Gogh Serigraph

By John Brower

Located in Surfside, FL

This is for a Silkscreen it is Titled Vincent Van Gogh, Expressionist, Dutch. John Brower worked in Chicago as a billboard designer for 12 years. He taught art at Alverno College of...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Project For An Advertising Poster of Facis, First Italian Pret-a- Porter Company
Project For An Advertising Poster of Facis, First Italian Pret-a- Porter Company

Project For An Advertising Poster of Facis, First Italian Pret-a- Porter Company

By Silombria Marco

Located in Firenze, IT

Project for an advertising poster of Facis, from the 1980s. Technique: drawing with colored pencils, markers, with collage applications. Facis is a pret-a-porter company from Turin. This project is created during the collaboration of Marco Silombria...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper

Breakfast - Pop Art, Post War, Color Etching, 1995
Breakfast - Pop Art, Post War, Color Etching, 1995

Breakfast - Pop Art, Post War, Color Etching, 1995

By Wayne Thiebaud

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“Breakfast” is a colored etching and drypoint by American artist, Wayne Thiebaud from 1995. The work is edition 22/50 and is signed lower right, "Thiebaud 1995” Wayne Thiebaud's Bre...

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Chicken 'N Dumplings, from Campbell’s Soup II
Chicken 'N Dumplings, from Campbell’s Soup II

Chicken 'N Dumplings, from Campbell’s Soup II

By Andy Warhol

Located in London, GB

Screenprint in colours, 1969, on wove paper, signed in ball-point pen and numbered with a rubber stamp, verso, 91 from the edition of 250 (there were also 26 artist's proofs lettered...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Dinner in Hell
Dinner in Hell

Dinner in Hell

By Ancsa Weide

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Dinner in Hell pulls no punches—it places us directly at the table. In this dark and unflinching composition, world leaders Trump and Putin carve up the earth with calm precision, th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Unidentified Male
Unidentified Male

Unidentified Male

By Andy Warhol

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Unidentified Male (circa 1956) Black ballpoint pen on paper Size: 16.5 x 14 in (41.9 x 35.6 cm) Frame size: 21.25 x 19 in (53.9 x 48.3 cm) Unsigned Authenti...

Category

1950s Pop Art

Materials

Ballpoint Pen, Paper

North End, Nicholas Krushenick

North End, Nicholas Krushenick

By Nicholas Krushenick

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Nicholas Krushenick (1929-1999) Title: North End Year: 1979 Edition: 15/200, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 36 x 26 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed and numbered by the artist. NICHOLAS KRUSHENICK (1929-1999) One of America’s premier Pop artists, Nicholas Krushenick’s work consists of geometric abstract motifs whose shapes were outlined in heavy black lines. In this regard his original prints were often compared to those of Pop Art co-horts Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, but unlike these masters Krushenick avoided any imagery from commercial art...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

NYC #1, Pop Art Screenprint by Max Epstein

NYC #1, Pop Art Screenprint by Max Epstein

By Max Epstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - NYC #1, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 99, Size: 30 in. x 44 in. (76.2 cm x 111.76 cm)

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.