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The Impact of Pop Art: Icons of Modern Culture in the 1950s and 1960s

Pop Art emerged in England during the 1950s and gained prominence in the U.S. in the 1960s, blending art with popular culture and mass media. Notable artists include Richard Hamilton, known for his insightful commentary on consumer culture, and Andy Warhol, famous for his iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans and celebrity portraits. Other key figures are Roy Lichtenstein, who drew inspiration from comic books, Jasper Johns, known for his innovative representations, and Robert Rauschenberg, who explored mixed-media techniques. This movement redefined artistic boundaries and engaged audiences through familiar imagery.

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The Impact of Pop Art: Icons of Modern Culture in the 1950s and 1960s

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  1. Pop Art Art based on modern popular culture and the mass media. Had its origins in England in the 1950s and made its way to the United States during the 1960s.

  2. Famous Artists of the Pop Art Movement • Richard Hamilton (British, 1922-) • Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) • Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) • Claes Oldenburg (American, 1929-) (3D work) • Jasper Johns (American, 1930-) • Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-).

  3. Richard Hamilton Known for his powerful and inventive work that commented on the state of British postwar consumer culture, Hamilton was probably most famous for "Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing?“ from 1956.

  4. Interior, 1964. Richard Hamilton

  5. Andy Warhol When Warhol first exhibited Campbell’s Soup Cans, in 1962, each of the thirty-two canvases rested on a shelf mounted on the wall, like groceries in a store. The number of paintings corresponds to the varieties of soup then sold by the Campbell Soup Company.

  6. Cow, 1966. Andy Warhol

  7. 10 Marilyns, 1967.

  8. Roy Lichtenstein Lichtenstein based many of his early paintings on imagery he found in comic books. The source for this work is Run for Love! published by DC Comics in 1962, the cover of which the artist significantly altered to arrive at the finished composition. Drowning Girl. 1963.

  9. Live Ammo (Ha! Ha! Ha!) Panel 4 of 4, 1962

  10. Crying Girl, 1964

  11. Jasper Johns The Map (1978) by Jasper Johns

  12. Robert Rauschenberg Most distant visible part of the sea / Umbrellas. Original offset litho. with collage, embossing, and pencil, 1983.

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