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United States. [edit] Although pop art began in the early 1950s, in America it was given its greatest impetus during the 1960s. The term "pop art" was officially introduced in December 1962; the occasion was a "Symposium on Pop Art" organized by the Museum of Modern Art. [ 19 ]
David Hockney OM CH RA (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer.As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
v. t. e. The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century. [ 3 ] It began in the early 1960s, [ 4 ] and continued through the early 1970s. [ 5 ] It is often synonymous with cultural liberalism and with the various social changes ...
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 ...
Roy Lichtenstein. 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 ]
The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western countries.
1965 in art – Death of Milton Avery, David Smith (sculptor), Le Corbusier; Birth of Damien Hirst and Yushaev Zamir. 1964 in art – Death of Rico Lebrun, Giorgio Morandi, Stuart Davis. 1963 in art – Death of Georges Braque; Pop Art becomes increasingly popular; Birth of Jon Coffelt, Marco Evaristti, Rachel Whiteread.
Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, and is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism ...