Pop Art emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and late 1950s in the United States. It drew upon popular art images from newspapers and TV and embraced aspects of Abstract Expressionism while focusing on realistic subject matter. Key figures included Richard Hamilton, the creator of an early Pop Art collage; Jasper Johns, known for paintings of the American flag; and Eduardo Paolozzi, a precursor to Pop Art known for using juxtaposition. Other seminal Pop Artists were Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Bridget Riley, a pioneer of Optical Art.

1. Pop Art

2. It emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and
in the late 1950s in the United States.

3. . Drew upon popular art images from
newspapers and TV.
.Its subject matter followed the non-
objetivity of Abstract Expresionism.
. Most of the works embrace some
kind of realistic subject matter

4. Richard Hamilton
Born in 1922, he is an English painter and
collage artist. His collage titled Just What Is
It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So A
is considered by critics and historians to be
one of the early works of
Pop Art.

10. Jasper Johns
He was born in Georgia, USA in 1930 and began drawing
when he was 3. Thinking about his life he says:
"In the place where I was a child, there were no artists
and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that
meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a
situation different than the one that I was in."
He painted the American flag in various manifestations, even
in poetic shades of gray.

15. Flag, 1959Flag, 1959
Graphite pencil and graphite wash on paper
Graphite pencil and graphite wash on paper
and graph

22. Eduardo Paolozzi
• (1924-2005)
• Scotish sculptor and artist.
• Used juxtaposition of ideas in his
work.
• Variety of objects and materials.
• Precursor of Pop Art movement.

24. I was a Rich Man’s Plaything (1947)

28. Claes
Oldenburg
Swedish - American sculptor born in 1929 in Sweden. He
created over-life-sized commonplace things such as lipsticks,
baseball bats and shuttlecocks.

40. Andy Warhol
(1928-1987) American painter, printmaker and filmaker. After a
successful carreer as a commercial illustrator, he became
famous for his work as a painter, avant-gard filmaker, record
producer, author and member of diverse social circles.
The highest price paid for one of his paintings was $ 100
million for a canvas titled Eight Elvises.
In 1968 he was shot almost to death by a woman who had
been turned away from his factory.
He died in NY in 1987 from a post-operative cardiac
arrhythmia.

53. Roy Lichtenstein
(1923-1997) Born in New York, he
monumentalized common comic strips. He
was also influenced by popular advertising.
He described Pop Art as "not American
painting but actually industrial painting".

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69. Also known as Optical Art,
It makes use of optical illusions,
It derives from the German
Constructivist School forced to close in
1933 and was based on the relationship
of form and function within framework of
analysis and rationality.
Method of painting consisting of the
interaction between illusion and plane,
understanding and seeing.

70. Characteristics
Abstract.
Black and
Impression of movement
Hidden images
Flashing and vibration patterns
Swelling or warping
white

71.
Artists:

72. Bridget Louise Riley
Born in 1931 in London
In 1969 she began to develop her style in
1960:
black and white geometric patterns
disorienting effect
sensations: movement and colour
seasick and sky diving

73. Visual connections with the period:
• Need for audience participation
• Mind-body duality notion leading people into drugs
• Fear about a nuclear war

86. Victor Vasarely
(1906-1997) Born in Hungary.
Applied graphic art and typographical design.
Settled in Paris in 1930.
Worked as advertising consultant.
After the World War II, he opened an atelier.
Produced art and sculpture focused on optical illusions.
Geometric abstract works.
Various materials.
Experimented with textual effects, perspective, shadow &
light.