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Pop
Art
originated in Britain in the 1950's spreading to US in the 1960's.
Artists used popular culture as themes in their art and an endless
source of subject matter. In USA Pop Art expressed the optimistic
spirit of the 1960's which began with the election of John F Kennedy.
Notable artists
included:
Derek Boshier - 1937-/
Charles
Demuth
Jim DINE
- 1935-1992 American Artist+
Jean
Dubuffet
Erro
Red Grooms
Richard Hamilton - 1922-/
Keith HARING
1958-1990
David HOCKNEY
- 1937-1967/
Robert Indiana
Jasper
JOHNS - 1930-1958+
Katz
Roy LICHTENSTEIN
- 1923-1997 */+
Robert RAUSCHENBERG
* 1925-
Gerhard
Richter
James ROSENQUIST
- 1933
Ruscha
Clifford Singer
Tom Slaughter
Frank STELLA
- 1936-1979
Wayne Thiebaud
Andy WARHOL
- 1928-1987
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Tom Wesselmann - 1931 -/
Richard Hamilton 1922-
Allen Jones - 1937-/
Eduardo Paolozzi
- 1924
R B Kitaj - 1932-/
Peter Blake - 1932- /
Claes Oldenburg
- 1929
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George
Segal - 1924
Notable works of this
period include:
Hamilton: Just What is it that makes today's homes so different, so
appealing? - Kunsthalle Tubingen Germany
Rosenquist: President Elect - Musee Georges Pompidou
Warhol: Marilyn Diptyck - private collection
Lichtenstein: Whaam! -
Tate Gallery London
Jones: Perfect Match - Museum Ludwig Cologne
Wesselmann: Bedroom Painting - Musee de Grenoble
Key Collections include:
Andy
Warhol
Museum Pittsburgh
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Phoenix Art Museum Arizona
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna Sintra Portugal
Tate Gallery London
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