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Eduardo Paolozzi, 'I Was A Rich Mans Plaything', March 21,1947.

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Eduardo Paolozzi, 'I Was A Rich Mans Plaything', March 21,1947.

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Eduardo Paolozzi produced what is often considered to be one of the first works of true pop art, I was a Rich Man's Plaything. This artwork included cut cut-up images of a young girl, cherry pie, a Coca-Cola logo, and even features the word “pop” itself, emerging from a gun.

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Mimmo Rotella(collage artist) had his first solo exhibition in 1951 held at the Galleria Chiurazzi in Rome.

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Mimmo Rotella(collage artist) had his first solo exhibition in 1951 held at the Galleria Chiurazzi in Rome.

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Mimmo Rotella was an Italian artist and poet, best known for his works of decollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advertising posters.

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The Independent Group forms, where the first pop artists in London's art scene meet and collaborate. 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. Among them were Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi, two extremely influential collage artists who helped to define the movement when it was in its infancy. 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.

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Many Artists and Critics start to use the term "Pop", July 12, 1954

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Many Artists and Critics start to use the term "Pop", July 12, 1954

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John McHale, from the IG group, starts using the phrase Pop Art to describe an aesthetic expressed in art in response to commercialization ofWestern Culture.

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Richard Hamilton's iconic Pop collage goes on display, September 4, 1956

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Richard Hamilton's iconic Pop collage goes on display, September 4, 1956

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The collage 'Just What Is It that Makes Today's Home So Different and So Appealing?' by Richard Hamilton is displayed at the WhiteChapel Art Gallery in London. This is when the Pop Art movement took off.

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‘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 creates On the Balcony, March 18 1957

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Peter Blake creates On the Balcony, March 18 1957

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This painting shows random people holding peices of well known art peices.

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Pop Art goes to he U.S. ,January 19, 1959

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Pop Art goes to he U.S. ,January 19, 1959

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American artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg pioneer US Pop Art, using mass imagery, making collages and screen printing.

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Sister corita (1918- 1986) was an artist , educator and advocate for social justice.

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Sister corita (1918- 1986) was an artist , educator and advocate for social justice.

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throughout the 60s her work became extremely political, urging viewers to consider poverty, racism and injustice

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Roy Lichenstein produces his first peice of Pop Art, January 19, 1961

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Roy Lichenstein produces his first peice of Pop Art, January 19, 1961

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‘Pop Art is the use of commercial art as a subject matter in painting. It was hard to get a painting that was despicable enough so that no one would hang it – everybody was hanging everything. The one thing everyone hated was commercial art; and apparently they didn’t hate that enough either.’ Roy Lichtenstein

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Andy Warhol has his first solo art show, January 19, 1962

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Andy Warhol has his first solo art show, January 19, 1962

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Warhol's first solo show consisted of 32 paintings of Cambell's soup cans. The common, primary colours, mainstream media, silkscreening, collages, irony, and large scale canvasses reflect pop art.

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'Whaam!' is exhibited at Leo Castelli’s gallery in New York City. The work is strongly Lichtenstein’s style in a comic strip motif, bright primary colours, large format, stylised form and humour.

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Warhol uses screenprinter, January 19, 1965

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Warhol uses screenprinter, January 19, 1965

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In New York, he uses a screenprinter printer.

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Roy Lichenstein quits producing Pop Art, January 19, 1966

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Roy Lichenstein quits producing Pop Art, January 19, 1966

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Roy Lichtenstein abandons his iconic Pop Art style and starts working on modern sculptures and paintings.

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A radical feminist named Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol which changed his life forever. Pop Art was to come to an end soon.

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After 1970s Corita Kent work evolved into sparser introspective style influenced by living in a new environment and after her battle with cancer.

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After 1970s Corita Kent work evolved into sparser introspective style influenced by living in a new environment and after her battle with cancer.

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She saw Campbells our cans and was moved - Also, she stayed active in social causes until her death in 1986. By her death she had created 800 serigraph editions, thousands of watercolours and innumerable public and private commissions.

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Mickalene Thomas was born in 1971, 28 January in New York; she graduated Yale and created beautiful collages, exploring female sexuality, beauty, race and power.

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Mickalene Thomas was born in 1971, 28 January in New York; she graduated Yale and created beautiful collages, exploring female sexuality, beauty, race and power.

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her work explores and expands on the common definition of beauty in a contemporary perspective. Her work is also very heavily influenced by pop culture as well as pop art.She often focuses her art around African American women using diamanté and glitter to represent them in a way that celebrates there erotic beauty.

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Keith Haring created 'Radiant Baby' in 1990.

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Keith Haring created 'Radiant Baby' in 1990.

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'Radiant Baby' is one of his most recognised pieces of art, it is a silkscreen print. I think it is inspired by the graffiti that covered the streets of 1980s downtown New York. I like the simplicity of shapes and colour and composition to create a powerful message. It includes only vibrant primary colours red and blue( reflecting the pop genre), with thick bold black contour lines.The colours create alertness and warning with the striking red baby crawling in focal point. I think this piece is emotional and suggests a journey, with the sharp lines suggesting a struggle and anxiety.Haring explained the baby is a symbol of youth, innocence, purity and potential. Haring creates this piece in his usual iconographic and hieroglyphic style.