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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
Sans Titre (Retired) - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Artwork on Paper
Sans Titre (Retired) - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Artwork on Paper

Sans Titre (Retired) - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Artwork on Paper

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

Grammy
Grammy

Grammy

By Peter Max

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist: Peter Max Title: Grammy Size: 48 x 36 Inches (Framed: 51 x 39 Inches) Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Edition: Original Year: 2002 Notes: Hand Signed by the Artist. Hand S...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tiger Portrait Pop Art with Floral Mandala in Chains by British Graffiti Artist
Tiger Portrait Pop Art with Floral Mandala in Chains by British Graffiti Artist

Tiger Portrait Pop Art with Floral Mandala in Chains by British Graffiti Artist

By Chris Pegg

Located in Preston, GB

Tiger Portrait Pop Art with Floral Mandala in Chains by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg, using red, pink & turquoise. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producin...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Pencil, St...

Sailboat with Sun & Moon, Peter Max
Sailboat with Sun & Moon, Peter Max

Sailboat with Sun & Moon, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Sailboat with Sun & Moon Year: 2003 Edition: 455/500, plus proofs Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper Size: 3.5 x 3 inches Condition: Excell...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Woman Taking Off Man's Shirt by Julian Opie
Woman Taking Off Man's Shirt by Julian Opie

Woman Taking Off Man's Shirt by Julian Opie

By Julian Opie

Located in Dubai, Dubai

Screenprint 23.75 x 39.50 in (60.3 x 100.3 cm). Published by K21 Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf. Unknown edition size. Publisher text detailed along the bottom. CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ: Watkins, Jonathan. "Julian Opie: Editions 1984 - 2011. Catalogue Raisonné", Alan Cristea Gallery, 2011, p.244. In a handful of simple black lines and splashes of red and yellow, Julian Opie presents a sensual figural study in ‘Woman Taking Off a Man’s Shirt...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

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

KAWS TIME OFF blue (KAWS Time Off companion)
KAWS TIME OFF blue (KAWS Time Off companion)

KAWS TIME OFF blue (KAWS Time Off companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS TIME OFF Blue: A highly decorative KAWS Companion featuring KAWS’ much popularized BFF Companion in a resting position. This brightly colored, highly collectible KAWS Companion ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

KAWS Black Flayed Companion (KAWS flayed)
KAWS Black Flayed Companion (KAWS flayed)

KAWS Black Flayed Companion (KAWS flayed)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Black Flayed Companion 2016. A rare, out of print KAWS figurative sculpture new and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibiti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Hebru Brantley Flyboy black & gold (Hebru Brantley black flyboy)
Hebru Brantley Flyboy black & gold (Hebru Brantley black flyboy)

Hebru Brantley Flyboy black & gold (Hebru Brantley black flyboy)

By Hebru Brantley

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Hebru Brantley Flyboy, 2017. New, never displayed; accompanied by original packaging. Medium: Painted cast vinyl. Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm). New and sealed in its original packaging. From a sold out edition of unknown; published by Hebru Brantley, Billionaire Boys Club...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi gallery 1996 (Basquiat Dust Heads announcement)
Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi gallery 1996 (Basquiat Dust Heads announcement)

Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi gallery 1996 (Basquiat Dust Heads announcement)

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jean-Michel Basquiat A TRIBUTE: Important Paintings, Drawings, & Objects: Vintage original 1990s Basquiat announcement card to: Jean-Michel Basquiat at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, September 21 - November 23, 1996. Cover image features a reproduction of Basquiat's Dust Heads (1982). Off-set printed gallery announcement. 7.5 x 6.25 inches (folded closed). Very good overall vintage condition. Some light rub marks to reverse. Published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1996. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s dramatic life and iconic paintings—which variously feature obsessive scribbling, enigmatic symbols and diagrams, and iconography including skulls, masks, and the artist’s trademark crown—make him one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. The self-taught painter embraced graffiti before committing to a studio practice. He found a mentor and friend in Andy Warhol, who helped the young artist navigate the 1980s New York art world. Across his oeuvre, Basquiat drew on his own Caribbean heritage; a convergence of African American, African, and Aztec cultural histories; classical themes; and pop cultural figures including athletes and musicians. The immediacy and intellectual depth of his paintings won him widespread acclaim both before and after his untimely death at the age of 27. Related Categories Basquiat Bruno Bischofberger. Basquiat Tony Shafrazi. Marry Boone. Basquiat exhibit. Basquiat ephemera. Basquiat poster. Basquiat prints.

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

Dachshund Power, Original Painting
Dachshund Power, Original Painting

Dachshund Power, Original Painting

By John Jaster

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Bright sunlight illuminates a red barn, its sliding door opening to a shadowy interior. In the foreground, a large Dachshund stands tall, like a statue, staring...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Summer Glitch - Vibrant Mixed Media Surreal Artwork on Canvas
Summer Glitch - Vibrant Mixed Media Surreal Artwork on Canvas

Summer Glitch - Vibrant Mixed Media Surreal Artwork on Canvas

By Kate Tova

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vibrant, large-scale multimedia artworks incorporate reflective mediums and thick textures in Kate Tova's recent work. Colors splash across the page melding into flourishes of sequins, rhinestones, and glitter. The natural beauty of her subjects is juxtaposed against the "engine of technology" inspiring personal and innovative compositions. Surreal and vibrant, Tova's work thematically and stylistically layers her life experiences. This unique 48 inch square artwork...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

KAWS KACHAMUKKU Companion
KAWS KACHAMUKKU Companion

KAWS KACHAMUKKU Companion

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Kachamukku 2022: KAWS Kachamukku was born out of a unique collaboration between KAWS and the popular children’s Japanese Sesame Street equivalent...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Walasse Ting - Green Cat, etching and aquatint, Signed/N, scarce Italian print
Walasse Ting - Green Cat, etching and aquatint, Signed/N, scarce Italian print

Walasse Ting - Green Cat, etching and aquatint, Signed/N, scarce Italian print

By Walasse Ting

Located in New York, NY

Walasse Ting 丁雄泉 Green Cat, 1984 Color etching and aquatint on copper plate, printed on Fabriano Rosaspina paper Pencil signed, numbered 178/230, dated 1984 along with artist's perso...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil, Graphite, Etching, Aquatint

Balloon Dog ( After ) - Rosé Gold
Balloon Dog ( After ) - Rosé Gold

Balloon Dog ( After ) - Rosé Gold

By After Jeff Koons

Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT

A rare and highly collectible limited re-edition of the iconic “Balloon Dog” sculpture, produced in an exclusive edition of only 500 pieces, following the immensely popular original ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Metal

Fishing Trip, Original Painting
Fishing Trip, Original Painting

Fishing Trip, Original Painting

By John McCabe

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Three colorful fihes swim against a bright orange background. Artist John McCabe originally created the piece to accompany the live recording of the band "Goo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Acrylic

Flowerball (3D) From the Realm of the Dead
Flowerball (3D) From the Realm of the Dead

Flowerball (3D) From the Realm of the Dead

By Takashi Murakami

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

The print is Diasec® framed. This mean the print is mounted between acrylic glass (UV-resistant) and a dibond (aluminum) backside, with an attached frame for easy hanging. Depth of t...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS Brown Companion)
KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS Brown Companion)

KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS Brown Companion)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Brown Companion, 2016. New and sealed in its original packaging. This classic KAWS figurative sculpture was published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Marilyn Minter, Prism, 2009
Marilyn Minter, Prism, 2009

Marilyn Minter, Prism, 2009

By Marilyn Minter

Located in Fairfield, CT

This exquisite chromogenic print by Marilyn Minter (b. 1948), titled Prism, exemplifies the artist’s radical expansion of photo-real imagery into a realm of heightened sensuality, su...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

C Print

Balloon Dog (Blue)
Balloon Dog (Blue)

Balloon Dog (Blue)

By Jeff Koons

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Balloon Dog (Blue) 2021. Porcelain with metallic chromatic coating Limited edition of 69/799 ex. Certificate of authenticity and the original box. Incised signature, edition number, titled and dated on the underside. Produced by Bernardaud, Limoges, France. Jeff Koons is an American pop artist, born in York, Pennsylvania in 1955 to a mother who was a seamstress and a father who worked as an interior decorator. He is known for working with popular culture subjects and for his reproductions of banal objects. His works have sold for important amounts, including one world record auction price for a work by a living artist. Jeff Koons had an early interest in art and as a teenager he admired Salvador Dalí. He studied painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As a student he met the artist Ed Paschke who became a major influence and for whom he worked as a studio assistant in the late 1970’s. In 1977 Jeff Koons moved to New York City where he worked at the Museum of Modern Art whilst establishing himself as an artist. In the 1980’s he began working as a Wall Street commodities broker in order to finance his art projects. He wanted to be independent from the art market and has expressed that: ”I could make exactly what art I wanted to make. And I would always know that I didn’t need the art market.” In the mid-1980’s Jeff Koons gained prominence and recognition as part of a generation of artists who explored the meaning af art in a media-saturated era. He set up a factory-like studio in a SoHo loft with over 30 assistants. Since his first solo exhibition in 1980 Jeff Koon’s work has been shown in major galleries and institutions throughout the world. His work was the subject of a major exhibition organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective in 2014, which traveled to the Centre Pompidou Paris and then further to Guggenheim Bilbao in 2015. His most recent series, Gazing Ball Paintings, was exhibited for the first time at Gagosian Gallery, New York in 2015. The artist has earned renown for his public sculptures, such as the monumental...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Metal

"Casamigos" Tequila Inspired Pop Art Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Painting
"Casamigos" Tequila Inspired Pop Art Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Painting

"Casamigos" Tequila Inspired Pop Art Mixed Media Collage on Canvas Painting

By Jojo Anavim

Located in New York, NY

A dreamy sunrise landscape with neon and warm colors of the "Land of the Tequila" in Jalisco with George Clooney and Rande Gerber. Both are depicted riding along the winding road on their motorcycles, with the alarm clock set to 5 AM. The agave plantations are found in the distance, and a monumental Margarita glass with two ice cubes falling into it are depicted. Sitting on the far back of the mountains are two tequila bottles, letting the tequila flow down the hill, making some rivers and up in the sky a sailplane and a “Casamigos” Tequila barrel with a lemon slice hanging from a tree branch in the style of ‘The Persistence of Memory’ by Salvador Dalí...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Red and Yellow Color Limited Edition Prints
Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Red and Yellow Color Limited Edition Prints

Tape Collection Two Framed Pop Art Red and Yellow Color Limited Edition Prints

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Two framed pop artworks from the Heidler and Heeps Tape Collection 'Ferric 60 (Tinted Red)' and 'Yellow Tinted Cassette' The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representati...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

That It's Fun
That It's Fun

That It's Fun

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

Futura 'Johnny' vinyl art figure (Futura Mindstyle)
Futura 'Johnny' vinyl art figure (Futura Mindstyle)

Futura 'Johnny' vinyl art figure (Futura Mindstyle)

By Futura

Located in NEW YORK, NY

'Johnny' by Futura: Futura Figurative Pop Art Sculpture. The ‘Johnny’ vinyl art figure from NYC graffiti legend Futura is inspired by a classic 80s horror...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Moonscape
Moonscape

Moonscape

By Roy Lichtenstein

Located in New York, NY

Created after Roy Lichtenstein's iconic Moonscape Banner (1966), this folded screenprint on wove cardstock was published by Multiples, Inc. (New York) in 1969, and would later be use...

Category

20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Original, Framed, Street art Pop Art Haring Banksy Stik Basquiat Fab4
Original, Framed, Street art Pop Art Haring Banksy Stik Basquiat Fab4

Original, Framed, Street art Pop Art Haring Banksy Stik Basquiat Fab4

By TBOY

Located in New York, NY

This is a 1/1 original with wood cutout framed - It's all hand done with spray paint and acrylic, framed with non glare glass. TBOY is a British artist who's meteoric rise has pu...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

By Albert Al Hirschfeld

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist:  Al Hirschfeld Title: Sammy Davis Jr. Size:  26"h x 20"w (66 sx 50.8 cm) Medium: Lithograph on Fine Art Paper  Edition:  250/300 Year:  2000 Notes: Hand Signed and Numbered i...

Category

Early 2000s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

KAWS Black Dissected Milo Companion (KAWS Milo)
KAWS Black Dissected Milo Companion (KAWS Milo)

KAWS Black Dissected Milo Companion (KAWS Milo)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Black Dissected Milo Companion 2011 From a limited, 2011 collaboration between KAWS and the early influential KAWS collector, Nigo and his brand Bape (A Bathing Ape). Medium: ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian gallery 1989 (Basquiat Red Warrior announcement)
Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian gallery 1989 (Basquiat Red Warrior announcement)

Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian gallery 1989 (Basquiat Red Warrior announcement)

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Basquiat: Vrej Baghoomian gallery New York, 1989: Vintage original folding announcement card to Jean-Michel Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian Gallery New York: 10/21 to 11/25, 1989. Pictured on front side is an image of Basquiat's iconic, 'Red Warrior.' A rare, highly collectible Basquiat ephemera piece that works well in any collection. Off-set printed gallery announcement. 8.75 x 5.75 inches (folded closed). Light signs of handling; otherwise very good overall vintage condition. Published by Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, 1989. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Scarce. Jean-Michel Basquiat 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. 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. Related Categories: Basquiat Tony Shafrazi. Basquiat ephemera. Basquiat poster. Basquiat prints...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"On a green background."
"On a green background."

"On a green background."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

The picture creates a festive mood, the clinking of glasses, a feeling of warmth and a friendly meeting. It will look good in the kitchen and even better in a bar or restaurant. The ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

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.