Pop Art

Rejecting traditional artistic practices, Port art emerged as a highly influential movement that spoke to the masses with the simplified language of post-war consumerism. The emergence of Pop art was a major departure from modernist conceptions due to its roots in neo-Dada and other movements that challenged the concept of art itself. A characteristic of modern Pop art is its incorporation of commercial images, which have made it one of the most recognizable genres of art. With a strong influence from popular and commercial culture, this style of art was a celebration of ordinary life, which attracted the attention of collectors, museums, and auction houses. The vintage and antique pop art auctions online on Bidsquare feature masterpieces by the category’s top artists as well as classic works by leading practitioners.

Antique and Vintage Pop Art 

The Pop Art movement exploded in the American art scene during the early 1960s. Pop Art was created by prolific artists using commercial methods like silk-screening and mechanical methods. A common feature of mass-production culture is the multiplicity and replication of artistic media and processes. The screen-printing technique undermined the notion that painting was an original medium because it produced bold, colorful images with repeated designs rather than vivid, flat surfaces as with acrylic paints. This genre of art combined several styles of painting and sculpture, but their mutual interest was in the mass media, mass production, and mass culture. Pop art is generally understood as a response to the dominant concept of abstract expressionism. The style appears similar to Dadaism because of the inclusion of found objects and images. 

American artists like Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein established themselves as the leading advocates of the movement as they rejected historical art subject matter in favor of images and products manufactured in mass quantities that dominated the visual space in contemporary society. Andy Warhol became synonymous with this art movement. His illustrations of Mick Jagger, Campbell's Soup cans, and Marilyn Monroe inspired by Pop art have been popular around the world. Richard Hamilton is credited with founding Pop Art in Britain. 
Vintage and antique American Pop art has evolved as a technique to reverse the elitist and abstract movements by re-creating art. This genre was known in a wide international range, such as Capitalist Realism in Germany, Anti-Art in Japan, and Nouveau Réalisme in France. Eventually, vintage and antique Pop art became a recognized form of modern art. Dealers and collectors continue to embrace Pop Art for sale created by prolific artists at auction houses, bringing in staggering and record-breaking sales for the genre. 

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Discover our exquisite collection of pop art paintings for sale created by leading emerging artists, whether you love Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg, or simply captivated by the commercialism of pop culture. The original pop art paintings are available in a variety of spaces, styles, and budgets, so no matter what you're looking for, there is certainly one to suit you.

Quick Facts about Pop Art

• Pop Art originated in England, however, New York was the hub. 
• Pop Art drew on images and symbols.

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