hey peeps when did pop art begin?

Question

what with?
whoose whork started it?
and why?

Answer 1

The name stems from Richard Hamilton's "Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different" (note the use of the "pop" lollipop in the image linked below) so arguably he was the one who started it. The collage was made in 1956, so that would give you the starting date.

http://creativetechnology.salford.ac.uk/fuchs/modules/input_output/Pop/images/R_Hamilton_Just.jpg

Interestingly, the collage has a comic book used as a piece of wall art and predicts/foreshadows Lichtenstein's work.

Incidentally, I'd argue that pop art was combined with some of the approaches that Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg were exploring and ended up being transmografied into Post-Modernism.

Answer 2

Pop art was a visual artistic movement that emerged in the early 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the late 1950's in the United States. Pop art is one of the major art movements of the Twentieth Century. Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as advertising and comic books, pop art is widely interpreted as either a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism or an expansion upon them. Pop art, like pop music, aimed to employ images of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any given culture. Pop art at times targeted a broad audience, and often claimed to do so. However, much of pop art is considered very academic, as the unconventional organizational practices used often make it difficult for some to comprehend. Pop art and Minimalism are considered to be the last Modern art movements and thus the precursors to Contemporary art or Postmodern art.

Notable Pop artists
Sir Peter Blake
Derek Boshier
Patrick Caulfield
Jim Dine
Marisol Escobar
Alfred Gockel
Red Grooms
Philip Guston
Keith Haring
Richard Hamilton
Robert Indiana
Jasper Johns
Allen Jones
Nicholas Krushenick
Yayoi Kusama
Roy Lichtenstein
Peter Max
John McHale
Takashi Murakami
Julian Opie
Claes Oldenburg
Eduardo Paolozzi
Sigmar Polke
Hariton Pushwagner
Mel Ramos
Robert Rauschenberg
James Rosenquist
Ed Ruscha
Aya Takano
Wayne Thiebaud
Andy Warhol
Tom Wesselmann

Answer 3

Famously, Lichtenstein in the 60's + 70's with comic illustration.
Also search Oldenburg and Rauschenburg.
It was revolutionary, with regards to museum pieces.

Answer 4

Pop era, the 50s.

Answer 5

Pop art, in U.S.?

Some search terms, to get you started: 1960's, Andy Warhol, Peter Max, etc.