Pop Art Animal Paintings
POP ART STYLE
Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
- Started in Britain in the 1950s, flourished in 1960s-era America
- “This is Tomorrow,” at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, was reportedly the first Pop art exhibition
- A reaction to postwar mass consumerism
- Transitioning away from Abstract Expressionism
- Informed by neo-Dada and artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg; influenced postmodernism and Photorealism
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
- Bold imagery
- Bright, vivid colors
- Straightforward concepts
- Engagement with popular culture
- Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
- Richard Hamilton
- Andy Warhol
- Marta Minujín
- Claes Oldenburg
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Rosalyn Drexler
- James Rosenquist
- Peter Blake
- Roy Lichtenstein
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.
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Style: Pop Art
"I am Nature" oil on canvas 30x40" Graffiti POP Street art Thumper Mash Up
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to announce that we are now representing the Pop Art paintings of the artist Matt Straub. We at the gallery have been following his career an...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
3 Untitled Sharks Multicolored Pop Art Painting by Michael Myers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"3 Untitled Sharks"
24 x 36"
Oil on canvas
2019
This painting from Michael Myers' "Sharks" series is done in his most recognizable style. The series is inspired by a fear and fascin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bird, Hand
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This combination might be considered poetic...
Keywords: bird, hand, color, black, realist, formal
Artist Biography:
Robert Crooker was born in Massachusetts in 1951. A life long Red Sox fan, he saw the likes of Frank Malzone, Yaz, George Scott, Rico, Jim Lonborg all play in years gone by. He has been married for over 27 years with 4 children, and 2 grandchildren. In the Mid-1970’s, Robert started collecting Vintage Disney Collectibles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Special
Located in Vienna, AT
Special, 2024
by Les Panchyshyn
Painting: Acrylic on Canvas
70 x 70 x 2 cm
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Shindig
Located in Vienna, AT
Shindig, 2024
by Les Panchyshyn
Painting: Acrylic on Canvas
70 x 70 x 2 cm
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
LADY AND THE TRAMP
By Jozza
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Canvas is framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,000 Sale Price
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Dazzling in the light
Located in PARIS, FR
Previously an entertainment reporter reporting on Chinese, Korean, and Hollywood entertainment news, and H. Yuan is a Chinese artist. His art has been featured in numerous places such as New York City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tiger - Pop Art Animal Acrylic Painting Colors Lilac Blue Orange Red Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"Tiger" is a painting by Maestro Pancho Malezanov.
About the painting:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic, painting on canvas
STYLE: POP ART, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approximately 2 kg.
The painting is unframed.
Frame: Optional
Snow Pearl gallery offers the possibility to increase the value of this artwork by adding a gorgeous wooden Italian contemporary frame of your choice.
We can also offer a very special ancient restored frame. The frame can be hand-carved with composition ornamentation and hand-applied, with water gilded with 22 Kt. genuine gold leaf over rouge burnishing bole and then patinated to the appropriate patina.
This will slightly increase the price, the shipping cost and the delivery time.
His paintings bring emotion of happiness, love, energy and beauty represented by the vast creative power of his talent.”
Dear art lovers,
if you like the art of maestro Malezanov, please click the link to follow this artist and art gallery Snow Pearl to discover all our artists and beautiful artworks.
Thank you so much! we appreciate your interest to our work.
Snow Pearl art gallery provides certificates of authenticity for all artworks of the artist.
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Maestro Malezanov has track records of multiples exhibitions.
His works are owned in multiples collections around the word.
Maestro Pancho Malezanov
Was born in Sofia in 1964.
Graduated from Secondary Art School in Sofia in 1984.
Participated in general exhibitions in major galleries in Sofia in 1988-1989.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 – Arsenal of Arts Gallery, Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture
2017 – Art Moore House, London U.K.
2017 - Bulgarian Cultural Institute, London, United Kingdom
2016 – The Art Fondation, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 – Pentimento Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 – Nataly Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 – Artamoncev Gallery Sofia Bulgaria
2011- Anima Art Gallery Hilton Sofia Bulgaria
2011- Bulgarian Cultural Institute, London, United Kingdom
2008- Gallery Ikar Sofia Bulgaria
2007- Bulgarian Cultural Institute-Berlin Germany
2004 - Avant-garde Gallery, Plovdiv
2004 - Apollo and Mercury Gallery, Sofia
2003 - Iridium Gallery, Sofia
2003 - Draca Gallery, Sofia
2001 - Monitor Daily Gallery, Sofia
2000 - Municipality Gallery, Varna
2000 - Art 36 Gallery, Sofia
2000 - Draca Gallery, Sofia
2000 - Romfeya Gallery, Plovdiv
1998 - Art Club Gallery, Sofia
1998 - Gallery of the Bulgarian National Assembly
1997 - Ata-Ray Gallery Sheraton Hotel, Sofia
1997 - Macta Gallery, Sofia
1996 - Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
1995 - Macta Gallery, Sofia
1994 - Macta Gallery, Sofia
1993 - Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia
1992 – Mericas Gallery, Athens, Greece
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 - Art fair Lausanne
2018 – Nuance Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017, Antwerp Art Fair, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 - Hay Hill Gallery London U.K.
2016 - Autumn arts Salon, Wadenoijen, Netherlands
2015 - Hay Hill Gallery London U.K.
2015 - Slater Memorial Museum Norwich CT
2014 – Hay Hill Gallery London U.K.
2013 – Hay Hill Gallery London U.K.
2013 – Wimbledon Fine Art, London, U.K.
2013 Makta Art Gallery Kempinski Hotel Sofia Bulgaria
2005 – Apolonia Arts Festival, Bulgaria
2003 – Delight Hamilton Gallery, Seattle, WA (US)
2002 – Gettysburg, PA (US)
2001 – Washington, D.C.
2001 – Aleksey von Schlippe Gallery, Univ. of Connecticut, New London, CT (US)
Pancho Malezanov’s wild cars have broken into the Art moorhouse gallery- London!
I have read that designers strive to give character to cars, often inspired by nature - sometimes their headlights look like the eyes of an owl or an eagle, grills snarling predatorily like shark’s teeth, the body curved like a purring kitten orsleek like a hungry tiger ... not to mention the many horses under the bonnet ...
It is this nature of cars, including some of the most expensive and vintage brands, that artist Pancho Malezanov unveils his new series "(Auto) portraits".
First of all, because he has experience with painting animals and knows their desires well. Secondly, because he sees their characters embodied in metal, leather and glass. The result is futuristic – a car, yet behind the windows, the character of a powerful untamed beast is revealed. Not always, of course.
How can you not trust a brand whose radiator grill is colored like a rainbow, whose multicolored lights wink at you, all stemming from Malezanov’s imagination. He has managed to turn the car into a living creature who prowls around the urban jungle.
You will stand up and pay attention after seeing such a car. And you’ll be sorry that you drive a boring black or white machine. No problem – simply listen and take inspiration on how to bring colour to your life and to your car from this exhibition. If you do not want to take a risk with an insanely expensive classic brand, at least you can hang up your own Malezanovartwork on your wall and lift your mood by how he intertwines technique with technology, combining the flamboyant cars with detailed backstories and turns them into colorful toys for a grown boy’s room.
Mila Vacheva – "24 Hours" newspaper
The prominent art critic Maximilian Kirov writes about the author:
..."As an artist Pancho Malezanov always prefers to interact with nature directly, but it is difficult to call him a landscape artist in the exact meaning of the term. He is not interested in particular details, but prefers to unite the entire scenery through a randomly situated point of view, which does not take into account the horizon line or the static position from which each natural object is seen. This point of view almost always has a peculiar “bird’s plan view”, which allows him to contemplate a panoramic scene. This is a “bird’s eye vision...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
I
m ooutta here II - SOLD - Commission available
Located in New York, NY
Vibrant piece. Snoopy homage.
About the artist:
South Africa’s most renowned pop artist is an anonymous figure known as Fringe. His large-scale artworks on canvas are devoted to the common good, and human bonds. Fringe’s obsession with our ambivalence to fame, fortune and conspicuous consumption is in itself never obvious. Rather, his message is buried within his compositions that feature a coded cast of world famous pop characters, arranged to bamboozle and entertain.
In his multimedia works, the clash of icons and symbols causes a resounding visual explosion. Fringe’s slogans are visual challenges placed to intrigue and disrupt. Borrowed from high and low culture -- textbooks, television, adverts, signage and magazines – they are like instructions on packaging, or directions in a shopping mall...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hiding Places
Located in Vienna, AT
Hiding Places, 2024
by Les Panchyshyn
Painting: Acrylic on Canvas
70 x 70 x 2 cm
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Couple
Located in Vienna, AT
Couple, 2024
by Les Panchyshyn
Painting : Acrylic on Canvas
70 x 70 x 2 cm
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
It
s Now Time - SOLD - Commission Available
Located in New York, NY
Vibrant piece. Mouse and love theme.
About the artist:
South Africa’s most renowned pop artist is an anonymous figure known as Fringe. His large-scale...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Lion, Pop Art Oil on Paper by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Mountain Lion, Year: 2006, Medium: Oil on Paper, signed and dated lower right, Size: 19.5 x 25.25 in. (49.53 x 64.14 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Death Ray by BARC the dog, comic book style, science laboratory, sci-fi machines
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Death Ray by BARC the dog (2022), pop art comic book style, acrylic on canvas, illustration, cartoon inspired character art, laboratory scene, science, m...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Exorcisor V6 by BARC the dog, comic book style, science laboratory, machines
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Exorcisor V6 by BARC the dog (2022), pop art comic book style, acrylic on canvas, illustration, cartoon inspired character art, laboratory scene, science, mach...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
De-Extinctionizer (Lyuba) by BARC the dog, comic book style, woolly mammoth
Located in Jersey City, NJ
De-Extinctionizer (Lyuba) by BARC the dog (2022), pop art comic book style, acrylic on canvas, illustration, cartoon inspired character art, laboratory scene, ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tele-Trav (Temple) by BARC the dog, comic book style, bright, jungle, tiger
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Tele-Trav (Temple) by BARC the dog (2022), pop art comic book style, acrylic on canvas, illustration, cartoon inspired character art, jungle, tiger, trees, tel...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tele-Trav (Street) by BARC the dog, comic book style, bright, dark, cityscape
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Tele-Trav (Street) by BARC the dog (2022), pop art comic book style, acrylic on canvas, illustration, cartoon inspired character art, cityscape, urban scene, u...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tele-Trav (Summit) by BARC the dog, comic book style, bright, mountain, sky
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Tele-Trav (Summit) by BARC the dog (2022), pop art comic book style, acrylic on canvas, illustration, cartoon inspired character art, mountain top scene, snow,...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tele-Trav (Deep) by BARC the dog, comic book style, bright, dark, underwater
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Tele-Trav (Deep) by BARC the dog (2022), pop art comic book style, acrylic on canvas, illustration, cartoon inspired character art, underwater scene, deep sea,...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Teary Eyed by BARC the dog, pop comic book animal character cartoon style canvas
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Teary Eyed by BARC the dog, acrylic on canvas pop art comic book animal character, illustration cartoon style painting
Welcome to the world BARC the...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Floral Print Gecko
By Lisa Ng
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
The Big Goose
By Lisa Ng
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Fishing Lure on Black (Blue), Pop Art Painting by Rupert Jasen Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989)
Title: Fishing Lure on Black
Year: 1986
Medium: Unique Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso
Image Si...
Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Screen
Fishing Lure on Gold, Pop Art Painting by Rupert Jasen Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989)
Title: Fishing Lure on Gold
Year: 1987
Medium: Unique Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso
Image Siz...
Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Screen
Fishing Lure on Black (Pink), Pop Art Painting by Rupert Jasen Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989)
Title: Fishing Lure on Black
Year: 1986
Medium: Unique Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso
Image Si...
Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Screen
RockStar
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Pop Art. Humorous. On canvas. Featuring Snoopy. Rock n roll theme. Homage to all the great rockers.
About the Artist:
NELSON DE LA NUEZ is one of the most...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Fishing Lure, Pop Art Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
A wonderful Pop Art painting by Rupert Smith, who is most famous as Andy Warhol's printer and cover artist for Interview Magazine. In a fine white floater frame.
Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989)
Title: Fishing Lure...
Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Fishing Lure
Located in Long Island City, NY
A wonderful Pop Art painting by Rupert Smith, who is most famous as Andy Warhol's printer and cover artist for Interview Magazine.
Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989)
Title: Fishing Lure...
Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Screen
Price Upon Request
Pop Art animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Pop Art animal paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jay-C, Michael Knigin, Jose Palacios, and George Rodrigue. Frequently made by artists working with Acrylic Paint, and Canvas and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Pop Art animal paintings, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for animal paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $185 and tops out at $519,780, while the average work sells for $4,000.
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