Pop Art emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and late 1950s in the United States. It drew upon popular art images from newspapers and TV and embraced aspects of Abstract Expressionism while focusing on realistic subject matter. Key artists included Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Eduardo Paolozzi, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein. They used images and objects from popular culture in their work.
2. It emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and
in the late 1950s in the United States.
3. . Drew upon popular art images from
newspapers and TV.
.Its subject matter followed the non-
objetivity of Abstract Expresionism.
. Most of the works embrace some
kind of realistic subject matter
4. Richard Hamilton
Born in 1922, he is an English painter and
collage artist. His collage titled Just What Is
It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So A
is considered by critics and historians to be
one of the early works of
Pop Art.
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10. Jasper Johns
He was born in Georgia, USA in 1930 and began drawing
when he was 3. Thinking about his life he says:
"In the place where I was a child, there were no artists
and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that
meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a
situation different than the one that I was in."
He painted the American flag in various manifestations, even
in poetic shades of gray.
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Graphite pencil and graphite wash on paper
Graphite pencil and graphite wash on paper
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22. Eduardo Paolozzi
• (1924-2005)
• Scotish sculptor and artist.
• Used juxtaposition of ideas in his
work.
• Variety of objects and materials.
• Precursor of Pop Art movement.
28. Claes
Oldenburg
Swedish - American sculptor born in 1929 in Sweden. He
created over-life-sized commonplace things such as lipsticks,
baseball bats and shuttlecocks.
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40. Andy Warhol
(1928-1987) American painter, printmaker and filmaker. After a
successful carreer as a commercial illustrator, he became
famous for his work as a painter, avant-gard filmaker, record
producer, author and member of diverse social circles.
The highest price paid for one of his paintings was $ 100
million for a canvas titled Eight Elvises.
In 1968 he was shot almost to death by a woman who had
been turned away from his factory.
He died in NY in 1987 from a post-operative cardiac
arrhythmia.
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53. Roy Lichtenstein
(1923-1997) Born in New York, he
monumentalized common comic strips. He
was also influenced by popular advertising.
He described Pop Art as "not American
painting but actually industrial painting".
73. Visual connections with the period:
• Need for audience participation
• Mind-body duality notion leading people into drugs
• Fear about a nuclear war
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86. Victor Vasarely
(1906-1997) Born in Hungary.
Applied graphic art and typographical design.
Settled in Paris in 1930.
Worked as advertising consultant.
After the World War II, he opened an atelier.
Produced art and sculpture focused on optical illusions.
Geometric abstract works.
Various materials.
Experimented with textual effects, perspective, shadow &
light.