whitney riley-pop art

Pop Art 1958-1975

By Whitney Riley

Pop Artists

• Peter Blake 1932-• Roy Licthenstein 1923-1997• Jim Dine 1935-• Andy Warhol 1928-1987

Character of the Art Movement• Pop Art started in London in the 1950s uses common everyday objects to portray

element of culture and try to advertise it or televise it. Mainly led by Lawerence Alloway; defending Pop Art as a legitimate art form, but was carried in the Americas in the early 60s by Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg. Andy Warhol was the big Pop Artist in the genre, he used a photo-realistic technique that helped him with his advertising and his commentaries on fame and the media. Pop Art itself made commentary on contemporary society and culture. “It was also widely interpreted as either a reversal or reaction to Abstract Expressionism or an expansion upon it.” Pop Art was so basic that it was simple to identify, and understand it.

Peter Blake

On the Balcony, 1955 - 1957. Oil on canvas, by Peter Blake.

Peter Blake

The First Real Target, 1961. Oil on canvas and collage on board, by Peter Blake.

Roy Licthenstein

• HopelessRoy Lichtenstein1963Oil on canvas

Roy Lictenstein

• The Head (1992), Barcelona.

Jim Dine

• 'The Robe Following Her # 4', oil on canvas painting by Jim Dine, 1984-5

Jim Dine

• Jim Dine, The Crommaelynuk Gate With Tools, 1983

Andy Warhol

• Andy Warhol, Self Portrait, 1986

Andy Warhol

• Andy Warhol, Camouflage, 1986

Works Cited• http://wwar.com/masters/movements/pop_art.html• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Blake_(artist) • The Head (1992), Barcelona.• http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hockney• http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/hockney/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dine• http://www.warhol.org/collections/art.html