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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
Warhol, Chanel (Green/Blue), Chanel Ad Campaign (after)

Warhol, Chanel (Green/Blue), Chanel 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

Andy Warhol 'Endangered Species: Grevy's Zebra' 1992
Andy Warhol 'Endangered Species: Grevy's Zebra' 1992

Andy Warhol 'Endangered Species: Grevy's Zebra' 1992

By Andy Warhol

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This features Endangered Species: Grevy's Zebra, an iconic image from Andy Warhol’s acclaimed Endangered Species series. Originally conceived to bring attention to endangered wildlife, this striking artwork exemplifies Warhol’s signature pop art style—vibrant color palettes, graphic precision, and a bold visual voice. The image comes from a 1992 collectible box set published by teNeues Publishing Company and printed in Germany to exceptional standards. The piece is presented in a white wood frame with a 1-inch front profile and a 3/4-inch side profile, mounted behind a 4-inch mat. This elegant presentation transforms Warhol’s zebra...

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1990s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

Gold Love No. 5 - Original Textured Geometric Pattern Vivid Heart Painting
Gold Love No. 5 - Original Textured Geometric Pattern Vivid Heart Painting

Gold Love No. 5 - Original Textured Geometric Pattern Vivid Heart Painting

By Cynthia Coulombe Bégin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to create exuberance and energy in her images. Inspired by street art, Coulombe Bégin 's paintings range from the abstract to the surreal and employ a variety of techniques and materials. Her contemporary artworks draw inspiration from body image, the universally recognizable symbol of hearts, and the experience of humankind. She brings a sensitivity to her work that stems from her exploration of identity and the joy and happiness of existence. Coulombe-Bégin draws us into her internal world: exploring the soul and matter, conscience, and the modern universe. This original painting depicting one heart painted...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Halo Freedom - Grateful Dead & more. original concert poster
Halo Freedom - Grateful Dead & more. original concert poster

Halo Freedom - Grateful Dead & more. original concert poster

By Rick Griffin 1

Located in Spokane, WA

Halo Freedom - Rick Griffin original 1966 poster. Benefit for Haight Ashbury Legal Organization, an On-scene summer long guarantee of your Freedom. Indian Agent Excellent / mint condition. The image is to resemble a distressed old photograph, but this poster is meint as stated. No damage, no pinholes, no bent corners… just very fine indeed! PERFORMERS: Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Charlatans Haight Ashbury Legal Organization. Winterland Concert HALO (Haight Ashbury Legal Organization) Original First Printing, not a reproduction. Concert featuring: The Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin with Big Brother & The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Charlatans...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

Bunny On The Run, Screenprint Poster by Keith Haring
Bunny On The Run, Screenprint Poster by Keith Haring

Bunny On The Run, Screenprint Poster by Keith Haring

By Keith Haring

Located in Long Island City, NY

Date: 1990 Screenprint Poster, signed and dated in plate, numbered in pencil Edition of 1000 Image Size: 28 x 20 inches Size: 32 x 23 in. (81.28 x 58.42 cm) Commissioned by Playboy. ...

Category

1990s Pop Art

Materials

Screen

Pink Floral Bubble Clay Wall Sculpture 3D Mosaic Panel in Hand Molded Ceramic
Pink Floral Bubble Clay Wall Sculpture 3D Mosaic Panel in Hand Molded Ceramic

Pink Floral Bubble Clay Wall Sculpture 3D Mosaic Panel in Hand Molded Ceramic

By Elizabeth Art Candy

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Pink floral bubble clay wall sculpture in hand molded ceramic relief forming a 3D mosaic panel with clustered organic composition. This wall-mounted 3D mosaic panel is composed of i...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Clay, Spray Paint, Board

1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King
1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King

1960s Pop Art Unique Cast Bronze Sculpture Americana Folk Art William King

By William King (b.1925)

Located in Surfside, FL

Mid-Century Modern wrought iron sculpture a person with oversize top, shorts, and carrying a hat, signed, artist's monogram and cipher, further mounted on a plaster base. 28" H. This a unique piece. It is interesting in that it speaks of a transition, leading into the later aluminum public pieces that kind of defined his work in the 70's. According to his estate this is most probably cast bronze. It might possibly be wrought iron.. William Dickey King was born in 1925 in Jacksonville, Florida and grew up in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. As a boy, William King made model airplanes and helped his father and older brother build furniture and boats. “I was 19, 20, my mother gave me a hundred bucks, says, ʻGet out of this state and don’t come back until you’re 65; there is nothing here for you,’ ” Bill King recalled in a video interview for the Smithsonian museum. He came to New York, where he attended the Cooper Union and began selling his early sculptures even before he graduated. He later studied with the sculptor Milton Hebald and traveled to Italy on a Fulbright grant. He was a contemporary, at the Cooper Union, of Alex Katz and Lois Dodd, his first wife, and remained close in many ways to their common aesthetic grounding, shared also with younger sculptors such as Red Grooms and Marisol Escobar. The hallmark of King’s early work was radical experiment keeping company with social connection and hedonism. The mix of big, important, innovative ideas and immediate, sensory, in-the-moment experience was a kind of visual jazz. For this was not just the time of Franz Kline’s big open defiant brushstrokes and Jackson Pollock’s all-over mists of intricately drooling line, but of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. If we look at the works that King made in the early 1950s when he got back from his Fulbright to Italy we see free, experimental, open forms that take their cue from jazz as much as art in their fusion of virtuosity and cool.American sculptor King is most noted for his long-limbed figurative public art sculptures depicting people engaged in everyday activities such as reading or conversing. He created his busts and figures in a variety of materials, including clay, wood, metal, and textiles. Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses — a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step. Mr. King’s work often reflected the times, taking on fashions and occasional politics. In the 1960s and 1970s, his work featuring African-American figures (including the activist Angela Davis, with hands cuffed behind her back) evoked his interest in civil rights. But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer’s arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment. His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners. His first solo exhibit took place in 1954 at the Alan Gallery in New York City. William Dicky King was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2003, and in 2007 the International Sculpture Center honored him with the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. Mr. King’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Hirshhorn Museum at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder and Elie Nadelman. The New York Times critic Holland Cotter once described Mr. King’s sculpture as “comical-tragical-maniacal,” and “like Giacometti conceived by John Cheever.” From an article by David Cohen "In a career that ran in tandem with the hegemony of formal abstraction in sculpture, Bill King inevitably struggled with the prejudice that sculpture full of humanity and humor can’t be quite as serious as sculpture devoid of them. But the tide has clearly turned in ways that ought to work in King’s favor, with an increasing number of sculptors, fêted internationally, who are producing work that looks remarkably close in spirit, if not quite as regal in sheer mastery of form, as his own. When art historians of the future connect the dots of modern sculpture then artists like Franz West, Stephan Balkenhol, Huma Bhabha...

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Bronze

Louie Armstrong
Louie Armstrong

Federico LopezLouie Armstrong

$750Sale Price|81% Off

Louie Armstrong

By Federico Lopez

Located in Atlanta, GA

This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery. Federico López Córcoles was born in the Alicante region of Spain in 1970. This area is well-known for ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Flowers II.6
Flowers II.6

Flowers II.6

By Andy Warhol

Located in New York, NY

1964 Offset lithograph in colors, on wove paper Sheet: 23 x 23 in. (58.4 x 58.4 cm) Edition of 300 Signed and dated in black ink, lower right

Category

1960s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Berry Cocktail ."
"Berry Cocktail ."

"Berry Cocktail ."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

Summer is a time of joyful emotions, taste sensations, hot days and evenings with a glass of berry cocktail with ice. The picture takes us to a summer holiday. The golden background ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic, Plaster

Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (Feldman & Schellmann II.30)
Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (Feldman & Schellmann II.30)

Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (Feldman & Schellmann II.30)

By Andy Warhol

Located in tel aviv, IL

Property from the Collection of Isadore and Nancy Marder Andy Warhol 1928 - 1987 Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (Feldman & Schellmann II.30) Screenprint in colors, 1967, signed in ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Pop Art

Materials

Screen

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd TRUE BLUE YOU SNOOP DAWG AP 2026 BEST OF CHROMA!
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd TRUE BLUE YOU SNOOP DAWG AP 2026 BEST OF CHROMA!

CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd TRUE BLUE YOU SNOOP DAWG AP 2026 BEST OF CHROMA!

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

CHROMA — TRUE BLUE YOU SNOOP DAWG . . . AP 2026 (Huichol Technique). BEST OF CHROMA!!!! A sculptural reinterpretation of an iconic cultural figure through the CHROMA language—where ...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

CHROMA-"MICK JAGGER" HOMAGE TO THE ROLLING STONES-ALTERATION SERIES
CHROMA-"MICK JAGGER" HOMAGE TO THE ROLLING STONES-ALTERATION SERIES

CHROMA-"MICK JAGGER" HOMAGE TO THE ROLLING STONES-ALTERATION SERIES

By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd

Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México

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

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Four Seasons (Illustrated Book, Pop Art, 3D Art, Urban Art, ~67% OFF LIST PRICE)
Four Seasons (Illustrated Book, Pop Art, 3D Art, Urban Art, ~67% OFF LIST PRICE)

Four Seasons (Illustrated Book, Pop Art, 3D Art, Urban Art, ~67% OFF LIST PRICE)

By James Rizzi

Located in Kansas City, MO

James Rizzi Four Seasons (Illustrated Book, Pop Art, 3D Art, Urban Art, New York Artist, Contemporary Art) Handsigned and numbered illustrated book Year: 1988 Size: 12×11.6×0.6in Edition: 965 Signed, numbered by hand Publisher: John Szoke Graphics, Inc. - NYC, USA Printed by: Arnoldo Mondadori Editori, Italy COA provided Ref.: 924802-1932 *the "Four Seasons: Spring" print is missing and not included Tags: James Rizzi, Pop art, 3D art, Urban art, New York artist, Contemporary art, Colorful art, Whimsical art, Cityscape art, Silkscreen prints, 20th-century artist, Three-dimensional paintings, Graphic art, American artist, Happy Rizzi House, 3D constructions, Animated art, Street art, Manhattan art, Graphic artist, International artist, Iconic pop artist, Playful art, Pop culture art, Childlike art...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Paper

Keith Haring 'Untitled (1987)' 1989- Pop Art Vintage

Keith Haring 'Untitled (1987)' 1989- Pop Art Vintage

By Keith Haring

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Keith Haring's art vibrantly portrays themes of love, unity, and movement. This reproduction features three iconic images that encapsulate these themes: Two Men in Love: Depicts two...

Category

1980s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

Balloon Dog (After Jeff Koons ) XXL- Silver Resin Sculpture, Limited Edition
Balloon Dog (After Jeff Koons ) XXL- Silver Resin Sculpture, Limited Edition

Balloon Dog (After Jeff Koons ) XXL- Silver Resin Sculpture, Limited Edition

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

Resin

Retro Gumball Machine Sculpture Polymer Clay Candy Mosaic Pop Art Object
Retro Gumball Machine Sculpture Polymer Clay Candy Mosaic Pop Art Object

Retro Gumball Machine Sculpture Polymer Clay Candy Mosaic Pop Art Object

By Elizabeth Art Candy

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Retro gumball machine sculpture in lightweight polymer clay, combining candy mosaic techniques, nostalgia and Pop Art aesthetics. Candy Machine Yellow belongs to Elizabeth Art Candy’s Fake Candies series, a body of sculptural works inspired by childhood memories, popular culture and the visual language of sweets, toys and collectible objects. This unique sculpture reimagines the classic coin-operated gumball machine as a contemporary Pop Art object constructed from hundreds of individually modeled candy-like elements. Unlike traditional ceramic sculpture, the work is created entirely from polymer clay, a lightweight and highly durable material that allows the artist to achieve remarkable chromatic richness while maintaining a surprisingly low overall weight. Each candy-shaped component is individually hand-modeled, colored and assembled into a dense mosaic structure that transforms the familiar silhouette of a vintage vending machine...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Clay

"Blooming Universe."
"Blooming Universe."

"Blooming Universe."

By Evgeniya Brits

Located in Zofingen, AG

A world where every shape, line, and color becomes part of a living whole. The flowers, like tiny universes, fill the tree with life, light, and endless diversity. The painting is a...

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Varnish

"Pears" original lithograph

"Pears" original lithograph

By Peter Dechar

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original offset lithograph. Published by Art In America for a special series of original lithographs in 1970, and printed by Triton Press. Size: 8 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches (225 x ...

Category

1970s Pop Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bouquet of Love

Bouquet of Love

By Takashi Murakami

Located in London, GB

Takashi Murakami Bouquet of Love, 2012 signed and numbered by the artist Offset lithograph with cold stamp 68 x 68 cm Edition of 300 Produced by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd

Category

2010s Pop Art

Materials

Offset

Mao 97 (Feldman/Schellmann II.97), Andy Warhol
Mao 97 (Feldman/Schellmann II.97), Andy Warhol

Mao 97 (Feldman/Schellmann II.97), Andy Warhol

By Andy Warhol

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Mao 97 Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board Size: 36 x 36 inches Condition: Good Inscription: signed in ball-point pen...

Category

1970s 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.