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Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid- to late- 1950s. [1][2] The movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane mass-produced objects.
Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. . Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artworks which incorporated everyday objects as art materials and which blurred the distinctions between painting and s
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. [1] His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". [2] Much of his work includes sexual allusions that turned into social activism by using the images to advocate ...
Roy Fox Lichtenstein[2] (/ ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn /; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960's, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. His work defined the premise of pop art through parody. [3] Inspired by the comic strip ...
Andy Warhol (/ ˈwɔːrhɒl /; [ 1 ] born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] His works explore the ...
Jasper Johns. Detail of Flag 1954–55, Museum of Modern Art, New York. This image illustrates Johns's early technique of painting with encaustic over a collage made from found materials such as newspaper. Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker. Considered a central figure in the development ...
Lawrence Alloway. Lawrence Reginald Alloway (17 September 1926 – 2 January 1990) was an English art critic and curator who worked in the United States from 1961. In the 1950s, he was a leading member of the Independent Group in the UK and in the 1960s was an influential writer and curator in the US. He first used the term "mass popular art ...
The First Real Target, 1961, Tate Gallery. Sir Peter Thomas Blake CBE RDI RA (born 25 June 1932) is an English pop artist.He co-created the sleeve design for the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.