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David Hockney Olympics

Original Munich Olympic Poster after David Hockney
Original Munich Olympic Poster after David Hockney

Original Munich Olympic Poster after David Hockney

By David Hockney

Located in Dubai, Dubai

Original Munich Olympic Poster after David Hockney David Hockney, a prominent British artist, is

Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Los Angeles Olympics Poster (Signed)
Los Angeles Olympics Poster (Signed)

Los Angeles Olympics Poster (Signed)

By David Hockney

Located in Manchester, GB

Olympic Games in 1984, David Hockney was one of the fifteen artists invited to create a poster for the

Category

1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

1972 Munich Olympics Poster - Olympische Spiele Munchen

1972 Munich Olympics Poster - Olympische Spiele Munchen

By David Hockney

Located in London, GB

for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Lithographic poster 101 x 64 cm Never framed David Hockney (born

Category

1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver, 1972 Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Munich Olympics Poster - Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1972
Munich Olympics Poster - Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1972

Munich Olympics Poster - Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1972

By David Hockney

Located in Manchester, GB

David Hockney, Munich Olympics Poster - Olympische Spiele Munchen, 1972 Offset lithograph poster

Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

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Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x

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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver, 1972 Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)

By David Hockney

Located in Paris, IDF

David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c

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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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David Hockney - 60 Years of Work - Tate Britain original British Pop art poster

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By David Hockney

Located in New York, NY

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2020 David Hockney 'Road and Tree Near Wetwang' Pop Art United Kingdom Offset

By David Hockney

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This David Hockney poster is printed in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, on 270gsm Accent Fresco (Gesso), a textured, uncoated paper made from 100% ECF virgin fibre. FSC certified ...

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2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

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Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series

Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series

By David Hockney

Located in Aventura, FL

Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series (T. 280; DH. 67). Lithograph printed in colors on TGL handmade paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. original Artist's...

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By David Hockney

Located in New York, NY

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Paper Pools invitation
Paper Pools invitation

Paper Pools invitation

By David Hockney

Located in Washington , DC, DC

Sold unframed Produced on the occasion of the David Hockney Paper Pools collaboration with Tyler Graphics Ltd in 1979. The exhibition was at Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York City ...

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1970s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Lithograph

HEAD
HEAD

Fernando BoteroHEAD, 1985

$300,000

H 11.38 in W 9 in D 10 in

HEAD

By Fernando Botero

Located in New York, NY

Bronze sculpture with brown patina. Head of a young girl.

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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Theresa Russell "Nude" print (Hand signed, inscribed and dated by David Hockney)

Theresa Russell "Nude" print (Hand signed, inscribed and dated by David Hockney)

By David Hockney

Located in New York, NY

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L'Enfant et les Sortilèges Serigraph, Pop Art, 1981, Limited Edition

L'Enfant et les Sortilèges Serigraph, Pop Art, 1981, Limited Edition

By David Hockney

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This rare and collectible poster by David Hockney was part of a series of three billboards commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1981. Designed specifically for ...

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Materials

Screen

Ink in the Room Screen Print, Contemporary, Signed Edition 37/68
Ink in the Room Screen Print, Contemporary, Signed Edition 37/68

Ink in the Room Screen Print, Contemporary, Signed Edition 37/68

By David Hockney

Located in Bristol, GB

23-colour screenprint on Arches 88 paper Edition 37 of 68 + 14 AP's Signed, numbered, dated and blindstamped by publisher on the front (Gemini G.E.L.) Excellent, with minor loss of s...

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20th Century Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

David Hockney, The Prisoner for Amnesty International, hand signed 17/100 Framed
David Hockney, The Prisoner for Amnesty International, hand signed 17/100 Framed

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By David Hockney

Located in New York, NY

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Pablo Picasso, Maternité, etching, hand signed

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By Pablo Picasso

Located in Chatsworth, CA

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Dots Infinity (1986). Screenprint. Limited Edition 58/100 by Yayoi Kusama ABE 94

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Pool And Steps by David Hockney

Pool And Steps by David Hockney

By David Hockney

Located in Dubai, Dubai

Offset lithograph. A vintage exhibition poster - this is not a later reproduction.

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David Hockney Olympics For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of david hockney olympics is available on 1stDibs. Finding the ideal Modern or Contemporary examples of these works for your living room, whether you’re looking for small- or large-size pieces, is no easy task — start by shopping our selection today. Adding a colorful pieces of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the david hockney olympics on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, blue and more. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in lithograph and paper — can elevate any room of your home. Large david hockney olympics can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while the smaller iterations available — each spanning 19 inches in width — may make for a better choice for a more modest living area.

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The art of David Hockney is always engaging in its pleasant ambiguities: his prints, drawings and paintings are warm but somehow aloof; filled with light yet often dark and brooding in subject; simple, frank and mundane, but also ethereal and complex. The artist’s stature in the contemporary art world is such that, in a 2011 survey of one thousand British painters and sculptors, he was named the most influential British artist of all time.

Hockney grew up in Bradford, in the northern English county of Yorkshire, studying at the Bradford School of Art from 1953 to ’57, and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1959 to 1962. Though he was educated in art at a time when abstraction dominated the field, Hockney stuck resolutely to figurative painting and drawing.

Hockney's early paintings suggest a search for a style, veering from Expressionism to a grotesquerie suggestive of James Ensor. But Hockney found himself almost the moment he arrived in Los Angeles, in 1963. The move from the gray and rainy Britain to a world of bright sunshine and sparkling water brought Hockney a sense of freedom and an artistic epiphany. He would spend most of the next five years in L.A., painting luminous pictures, such as A Bigger Splash (1967), of things that made him happy: swimming pools, manicured lawns, palm trees, stucco buildings and luxuries like shower stalls. Hockney also painted people, almost always his friends. His California portraits such as Beverly Hills Housewife (1966) are considered to be his finest work. They are at once grandly scaled, intimate and poetic.

In the 1970s, Hockney moved back to Britain and spent much of his time on photography and printmaking. He returned to painting in the 1980s, and to subjects like still lifes, seascapes and portraits. Hockney has always been fascinated by the use of technology in art — he’s credited with inventing the technique of joining Polaroid photos in a collage to form a panoramic picture — and has been using the Brush app to paint on an iPad. Because he is prolific and works in a wide range of mediums, Hockney’s art is available at many price points. His consistently striking and provocative work should have a place in any comprehensive collection of contemporary art.

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Finding the Right Figurative-prints-works-on-paper for You

Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.

Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.

Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.

Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.

Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.