By: Cole Cochard

Time Period and Countries

Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States.

United Kingdom United States Spain Japan Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands

Artists

Jasper Johns Roy Lichtenstein Robert Rauschenberg Andy Warhol Dorothy Lannone Peter Phillips

Characteristics Recognizable imagery, drawn from popular

media and products. Usually very bright colors. Flat imagery influenced by comic books

and newspaper photographs. Images of celebrities or fictional characters

in comic books, advertisements and fan magazines.

In sculpture, an innovative use of media.

Pictures

Roy Lichtenstein, Vicki, 1964, enamel on steel, 42 x 42 inches, Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark, American, 1928-), LOVE, 1966, oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 71 7/8 inches, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN.

Item's Dimensions: 9" X 9.5" Item's Year of Issue: 1995 Materials: Acrylic on mylar and paper Country of Origin: USA

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), Campbell's Tomato Soup, 1962, oil on canvas.

Richard Hamilton, Picasso's Meninas, 1973, etching on paper, image 57.0 x 49.0 cm, Tate Gallery, London.

Andy Warhol, Gold Marilyn Monroe, 1962, synthetic polymer paint, silkscreened, and oil on canvas, 6 feet 11 1/4 inches x 57 inches (211.4 x 144.7 cm), Museum of Modern Art, NY.

Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, 1973, silkscreen, 73 / 250, 74 cm x 112 cm, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran.

James Rosenquist (American, 1933-), Pulling out, 1972, color lithograph, 26/39, 65 cm x 76.5 cm, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran.

Jim Dine (American, 1935-), Midsummer Wall, 1966, color lithograph, artist's proof, 75 cm x 105 cm, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran.

Peter Phillips (English, 1939-), Motorpsycho Go, 1962, oil on canvas, 156 x 101.5 cm, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran.