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Eduardo Paolozzi, a Scottish illustrator/artist first introduced Pop art in his work when he created the picture ' I Was a Rich Man's Plaything'. He created a new style of art: Pop Art.

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1954- Many Artists and Critics start to use the term "Pop"

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1954- Many Artists and Critics start to use the term "Pop"

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John McHale started using the term 'Pop' to describe an aesthetic of art in response to the commercialisation of Western Culture. this term then became popular amongst people which later popularised pop art.

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•Richard Hamilton (24th February 1922- 13th September 2011) was a british Pop artist during the 1950’s and 1960’s.

•He went to the Royal Academy School from 1938 to 1940 then studied draughtsmanship in the 1940’s.

•In 1946 Hamilton was expelled from the Royal Academy Schools from ’not profiting from the instructions being given in the painting school.

•He was part of the independant group which contributed to the development of Pop art In Britain.

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1956- Richard Hamilton creates an iconic pop collage

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1956- Richard Hamilton creates an iconic pop collage

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This is when pop art started to take off, thanks to Richard Hamilton. He names the collage 'Just What Is it That Makes Today's Home so Different and So Appealing?' which is displayed at the white  Chapel art gallery in London.

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A year after his iconic pop art collage, Richard Hamilton creates a definition for Pop Art:
‘Popular (designed for a mass audience); Transient (short term solution); Expendable (easily forgotten); Low Cost; Mass Produced; Young (aimed at Youth); Witty; Sexy; Gimmicky; Glamorous; and Big Business’.

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Peter Blake, a British Pop artist, created what is said to be one of the most iconic pieces in Pop art history which can be viewed in the Tate Modern. He presented pop art in a different way to the usual artists, which made him so popular in the pop art world

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Pop art makes its way from the UK to the US. The movement was led by two American artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg . The picture above is one of Jasper Johns when he started to pioneer Pop art in the USA.

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•Pauline Boty (6 March 1938- 1 July 1966) was a British Pop artist. In fact, Boty was the only female painter in the Pop Art movement in Britain.

•Her painting and collages often included expressions of femininity and often expressed the criticism of the ideal ‘man’s world’ that she lived in at the time. Her artwork was often described as rebellious by critics.

•Pauline Boty lived a very free-spirited lifestyle and got mentioned as a role model in the 1970’s feminism movement, which is a very iconic and important time in history.

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1961- Roy Lichtenstein creates his first Pop piece

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1961- Roy Lichtenstein creates his first Pop piece

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His first pop art paintings included cartoon images and faces inspired by appearances of commercial printing. he used stencils, thick black outlines and Benday dots in his work.

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Warhol's first solo show consisted of 32 painting of Campbell's tomato soup as well as the iconic Marilyn Diptych painting, which was displayed only a few months after her death. in his show, he established some of the staple looks of Pop Art: primary colours, silk screening, collages, and drawing of A-list celebrities from mainstream media.

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1963- Lichtenstein's 'WHAAM!' art work goes on display

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1963- Lichtenstein's 'WHAAM!' art work goes on display

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Litchenstein's artwork first went on display at the Leo Castelli's gallery in New York City before being bought by Tate Modern, London for £3,940 in 1996. The artwork is shown to be a summary of Roy Litchenstein's aesthetic; comic strip motifs, bright colours and large print.

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1966- Roy Lichtenstein stops producing Pop Art

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1966- Roy Lichtenstein stops producing Pop Art

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Unfortunately, in 1966, Lichtenstein starts to slowly stop doing Pop art and creates modern sculptures and painting. In some of his newer work, some aspects of Pop Art can be seen, however, this is very subtly compared to his original work.

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Once again, Peter Blake created an iconic piece of Pop Artwork with his wife Jann Haworth for the Beatles eight album: 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band'. He used a range of collage to overlap and create the pop art look of the album cover.

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A feminist, named Valerie Solanas, shoots Andy Warhol which affect the Pop Art community immensely. Pop Art starts to disappear and is taken over by the modernism movement.

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Corita Kent was an American pop artist which lived from 20 November 1918- 18 September 1986. She attended the University of Southern California as well as the Chouinard Art Institute. Her Pop art work is heavily inspired by words, messages and neon colour. Sister Corita Kent used silk screening to produce her work.