Pop Art

1. Year 9

2. Before Pop Art….
• 1950’s Abstract Expressionism
The General
Public just
didn’t get it!
This was Art
that was only
understood and
appreciated by
a small number
of people.

3. Pop Art was bright and brash, and
used images that the General Public
could understand and relate to.
This painting is called Flags, and is by
Jasper Johns, who was one of the
early pioneers of Pop Art.
Roy Lichtenstein used a ‘comic
book’ style in his art.
In this painting, it looks as though
he is making fun of the Abstract
Expressionist painters.
Pop Art began at the end of the 1950’s, and continued
throughout the 1960’s.

4. Another early Pop Art painting.
Jasper Johns – ‘Flag’

5. The Most famous Pop Artists
are the American artists Andy
Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Pop Art began in America, but
some British artists like David
Hockney and Peter Blake also
worked in the Pop Art style

6. Andy Warhol
took images
from
advertising,
and used
them in his
art.

7. ‘Marilyn’ by Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol painted
the film star Marilyn
Monroe.
Warhol would paint
the colours first, and
then print the black
part over the top
using a silk screen
Warhol sometimes
got other people to
help him to produce
his paintings.
He made lots and lots
of paintings- on a kind
of production line.
Warhol’s studio
became known as
‘The Factory’

8. He would also
use pictures of
everyday
objects in his
work.
Warhol was
making his art
about mass
production and
consumerism.

9. Warhol made these boxes out of wood and
then printed the designs onto them.

10. This painting
of the Queen
was made in
the same way
as ‘Marilyn’
using silk
screen printing
techniques.

11. He painted the most famous and popular
stars of the time.

12. Warhol often
used multiple
printed images
such as here in
‘Marilyns’

14. Warhol took
this image,
and repeated
it thousands
of times to
create his
‘cow
wallpaper’

15. Warhol would choose
a theme for his
artwork.
This print is from his
‘death and disaster’
series.
Can you see what is
happening here?
Why do you think he
has left one square
empty?

16. He used
popular images
that the general
public in
America could
relate to.

17. Commercial
artists have
used Warhol’s
style to produce
posters, such as
this one of Che
Guevara.

18. Roy
Lichtenstein
is famous for
painting ‘comic
book’ paintings.

19. …as well as from boys war comics

20. Here you can
see the
original comic
strip at the top,
and
Lichtenstein’s
paintining
underneath.
Look at how
he has
developed and
refined the
image.

21. He is well
known for
using dots,
which he
sprayed onto
the canvas
through a wire
mesh.

22. This painting is
by the British
artist David
Hockney
It is called
‘A Bigger
Splash’