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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
"Constellation of Flowers."
"Constellation of Flowers."

"Constellation of Flowers."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

Flowers, like stars, come together to form their own universe of harmony and dreams.This artwork is a reminder that beauty is born wherever the heart remains open to wonder.

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic

"The girl under the oonlight."
"The girl under the oonlight."

"The girl under the oonlight."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

A delicate female silhouette dissolves into a shimmering space of light and shadow. The painting is filled with a sense of silence, dreaminess, and inner light. 50x40x1,5cm.

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Lacquer, Acrylic

Cloned handbag with vegetables
Cloned handbag with vegetables

Cloned handbag with vegetables

By William Sweetlove

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Unique signed/numbered 1/1 ex. Silver plated bronze. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Bronze

Noticed by Craig Alan Original Mixed Media Painting

Noticed by Craig Alan Original Mixed Media Painting

By Craig Alan

Located in New York City, NY

MIXED MEDIA PAINTING signed by the artist. Ask us for custom framing options for this piece. This original mixed media painting by Craig Alan belongs to his acclaimed work that blur...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Panel

Haiku - Eternal Original Artwork on Canvas - Ocean Scenery
Haiku - Eternal Original Artwork on Canvas - Ocean Scenery

Haiku - Eternal Original Artwork on Canvas - Ocean Scenery

By Carl Smith

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen

"Terrace with Almond Blossoms."
"Terrace with Almond Blossoms."

"Terrace with Almond Blossoms."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting "Blooming Almond Tree" is filled with light, warmth, and tranquility. The artist portrays a cozy terrace overlooking a vibrant landscape, where the blooming almond tree ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

“Andy Warhol Tate Gallery Exhibition Poster 1971”
“Andy Warhol Tate Gallery Exhibition Poster 1971”

“Andy Warhol Tate Gallery Exhibition Poster 1971”

By Andy Warhol

Located in Southampton, NY

This is a vintage exhibition poster for an Andy Warhol exhibition held at The Tate Gallery in London from February 17 to March 28, 1971. The poster features Andy Warhol's iconic ima...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

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

[Jimi] Hendrix, Peter Max
[Jimi] Hendrix, Peter Max

[Jimi] Hendrix, Peter Max

By Peter Max

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: [Jimi] Hendrix Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 41/45, plus proofs Size: 22.25 x 28.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" - Erotic - Cinema
Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" - Erotic - Cinema

Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" - Erotic - Cinema

By Andy Warhol

Located in PARIS, FR

Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" is a fascinating fusion of two artistic worlds: cinema and pop culture art. Directed by German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the film is based on Jean Genet's novel of the same name, exploring themes of desire, sexuality and mystery. Warhol, a celebrated figure of the Pop Art movement, brought his unique style to this iconic poster. Using vivid colors and striking contrasts, the poster highlights key elements of the film, including the unsettling sensuality of the main character, Querelle, played by Brad Davis. Warhol's association with the film gave a new artistic dimension to film promotion...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper

KAWS Blush Companion (KAWS red blush)
KAWS Blush Companion (KAWS red blush)

KAWS Blush Companion (KAWS red blush)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS Red Blush Companion. New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The End Starts at the Modern Art Museum...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Cindy Sherman Comme des Garcons 1994 (announcement)
Cindy Sherman Comme des Garcons 1994 (announcement)

Cindy Sherman Comme des Garcons 1994 (announcement)

By Cindy Sherman

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Cindy Sherman Comme des Garcons postcard 1994: A rare advertisement/promotional card designed and (offset) illustrated by Cindy Sherman in conjunction with Comme des Garcons FW94. D...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

KAWS One (early KAWS artist book)
KAWS One (early KAWS artist book)

KAWS One (early KAWS artist book)

By KAWS

Located in NEW YORK, NY

KAWS One: KAWS Artist Monograph, 1st edition, 2001 Hardcover book, 80 pages Rare and out of print. A definitive look back at the development of the artist's style and early beginning...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Offset

Easy Rider - Motorcycle Gang, Screenprint on Canvas, 2007
Easy Rider - Motorcycle Gang, Screenprint on Canvas, 2007

Easy Rider - Motorcycle Gang, Screenprint on Canvas, 2007

By Russell Young

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A print by Russell Young. "Easy Rider (black+silver)" is a black and silver, contemporary Pop Art screenprint on canvas by UK artist Russell Young. The artwork is edition RY and is p...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Screen

In Arms - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art
In Arms - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art

In Arms - 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, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Board

Goddess UFO, Praying Figures

Goddess UFO, Praying Figures

By (after) Keith Haring

Located in Stamford, CT

Subway Drawing / Chalk on Paper Framed: 49 x 34 inch Unframed 44 x 29 inch About the Collection In January 2020, we were privileged to have our entire collection of Keith Haring sub...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Chalk

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

Peel Here Pop - Modern Abstract Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Artwork by Gary John
Peel Here Pop - Modern Abstract Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Artwork by Gary John

Peel Here Pop - Modern Abstract Andy Warhol Inspired Pop 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, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Foam Board

DONALD Dollars - Pop Art Sculptures

DONALD Dollars - Pop Art Sculptures

By Alben

Located in New York, NY

Cheeky references to pop culture and the societal context. Donald Duck is cast in resin with banknotes inside. Grounded in a postmodern vernacular, Alben’s paintings and sculptures ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media

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

Cash Flow II - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters
Cash Flow II - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters

Cash Flow II - Original Vibrant Colorful Pop Art Painting w/ Cartoon Characters

By Naguy Claude

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Robert Longo Men In The Cities announcement 1985
Robert Longo Men In The Cities announcement 1985

Robert Longo Men In The Cities announcement 1985

By Robert Longo

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Robert Longo Men in the Cities: Rare original 1985 announcement card published on the occasion of: Men In The Cities from November 9 - December 7, 1985 at Brooke Alexander, Inc.; 59...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

After Keith Haring "BEST BUDDIES" Beaded Wall Sculp by CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd
After Keith Haring "BEST BUDDIES" Beaded Wall Sculp by CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

After Keith Haring "BEST BUDDIES" Beaded Wall Sculp by CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

Signed and dated 2025. OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!! ALTERTATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Glass, Resin, Mixed Media

Cloned Bulldog with pet bottle.
Cloned Bulldog with pet bottle.

Cloned Bulldog with pet bottle.

By William Sweetlove

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Original sculpture 8 ex. Acquired directly from the artist. William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism and pop art in humoristic sculptures...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Polyurethane

Growing Tall, Pop Art Psychedelic Screenprint by Max Epstein

Growing Tall, Pop Art Psychedelic Screenprint by Max Epstein

By Max Epstein

Located in Long Island City, NY

Growing Tall Max Epstein, Canadian (1932–2002) Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 295 Image Size: 28 x 18.5 inches Size: 35 in. x 23 in. (88.9 cm x 58.4...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Jeff Koons - Flower Drawing inscribed signed twice, in Whitney Museum monograph
Jeff Koons - Flower Drawing inscribed signed twice, in Whitney Museum monograph

Jeff Koons - Flower Drawing inscribed signed twice, in Whitney Museum monograph

By Jeff Koons

Located in New York, NY

Jeff Koons Original Flower Drawing (signed twice), 2016 Original, hand signed drawing inscribed to Nadine, done with silver sharpie, and held in hardback monograph with dust jacket, ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

ICES Yellow, Blue, Pink, Orange - Four Framed Artworks Pop Art Color Photography
ICES Yellow, Blue, Pink, Orange - Four Framed Artworks Pop Art Color Photography

ICES Yellow, Blue, Pink, Orange - Four Framed Artworks Pop Art Color Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

ICES - Four Framed Artworks, Photographs by Richard Heeps. Featured here Lemon Yellow, Cornflower Blue, Pink Lemonade, Satsuma Orange. Get in touch to request other sizes or color c...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

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.