Bria & Elise
How Pop Art Emerged1950s: Independent Group (IG) - BritainMid-1960s: AmericaFollowed Abstract ExpressionismConsumer boomPopular CUlture = Pop Art
CharacteristicsBright colorsFlat imageryFunny & Light heartedGraphic styleCollageEveryday items
Roy Lichtenstein
1923-1997
“Pop Art looks out onto the world. It doesn’t look like a painting of
something, it looks like the thing it self.”
~ Roy Lichtenstein
HistoryBorn in New YorkHe didn’t have an art classAttended Ohio State Fine Arts programGave up career to paint full-time
Influences
PicassoCezanneAbstract ExpressionistOther Pop Art artist
TechniquesBenday DotThick black dotsPrimary colors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVsfWZyH6Ts
5:30
Look Mickey (1961)
Whaam! (1963)
Drowning Girl (1963)
In the Car (1963)
Andy Warhol
1928-1987
“An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have.”
~Andy Warhol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWKeuEhJFGA
HistoryFrom PittsburghCollected autographed picturesWas diagnosed with Sydenham ChoreaCarnegie Institute of TechnologyCommercial Industry
InfluencesCommercial industryRoy LichtensteinAutographed photos
TechniquesSilkscreeningPrintmakingPhotography
Campbell’s Soup (1961)
Marilyn Diptych (1962)
Double Elvis (1963)
Jasper Johns
“Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life.”
~Jasper Johns
History Studied at the University of South Carolina.Grew up in Augusta Georgia.Fought in Korean War
Influences Marcel Duchamp
Techniques PaintingsSculpturesPrints
Flag (1961)
Map (1961)
Robert Rauschenberg
“An empty canvas is full.” ~Robert Rauschenberg
HistoryReal name is Milton Ernest RauschenbergStudied at the Kansas Art Institute and Academie Julian in Paris, France.Part of Neo Dadaist and Abstract Expressionism Movement
Influences Roberts MotherHis surrounding
Techniques White,Black,Red Paintings Combines Dance
Retroactive II (1964)
Riding Bikes (1998)
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Influences TodayFashionRecreations of paintingsArt piece in ChicagoInfluences commercial industry