# data[].attributes.body
Eduardo Paolozzi produces what is often considered to be one of the first works of true pop art, "I was a Rich Man's Plaything". This collage even features the word “pop” itself, emerging from a gun.

# data[].attributes.body
The Independent Group were formed, where the first pop artists in London's art scene met and collaborated. This group produced many of the first exhibitions to feature pop art, and included a number of artists that are considered to be founders of the movement. A couple of them being them were Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi, two extremely influential collage artists who helped to define the movement when it was in its infancy.

# data[].attributes.body
Art critic Lawrence Alloway was also among the members of the Independent Group, and he is credited with coining the term “pop art,” though this is disputed. Some say it was Frank Cordell who came up with the term.

# data[].attributes.body
The Independent Group is now dissolved, however many of the artists continue to meet informally, and several of them feature in the exhibition This is Tomorrow. Notably, Richard Hamilton's collage Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? is displayed, a collage that would later be considered one of the turning points of the movement and one of the earliest pieces of true pop art.

# data[].attributes.body
Billy Apple and others first venture to the United States and meet Andy Warhol. British and American artists collaborate and help to bolster the style's prominence on the art scene.

# data[].attributes.body
Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

# data[].attributes.body
Roy Lichtenstein produces one of his most famous paintings, Drowning Girl, which is an almost exact copy of a panel from the DC comic Secret Hearts.

# data[].attributes.body
Patrick Caulfield, (29 January 1936 – 29 September 2005), was an English painter and printmaker known for his bold canvases, which often incorporated elements of photorealism within a pared-down scene.