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Mel Ramos

Mel Ramos

United States • 1935 - 2018 • 575 followers
Featured in: Master Artists

Art is the transposition of reality into images.

Nationality

American

Categories

Printmakers

Artistic movements

Pop Art

Themes

Nude, Pop Art, Portrait

Biography

Born on July 24, 1935 in Sacramento, Mel Ramos began his artistic studies in his hometown in 1953. His first exhibition was held at the David Stuart Gallery in 1965 and he also had shows in Europe starting from 1971. The Oakland Museum in California organized his first retrospective exhibition in 1977.

His painting is clearly inscribed in the pop art movement. As Roy Lichtenstein, he is inspired at the beginning of his career by American comics, by the Batman or Flash Gordon logos. Pin-ups are also a recurring themein his work and he chooses to illustrate them by figures that are isolated on backgrounds represented by brand logos. From 1970 on, Mel Ramos hijacks classics of art history as Edward Manet's Olympia or Jacques-Louis David's « Amour et Psyché ».

Mel Ramos's work is present in more than thirty public collections, including the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the Guggenheim and the MoMA in New York or the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

On the occasion of its 75th anniversary and of the anniversary of 50 years of Pop-Art, he had a major retrospective exhibition at the Albertina in Vienna and at the Villa Stuck in Munich.

An artist of the diversion, refusing to provoke, Ramos sees in the 60's California an anticipation of our civilization where images are omnipresent. By multiplying the representation of the female body without any sexual connotations but in the context of hijacked ads, Mel Ramos illustrates the derisory side of icons and symbols of the consumerist « religion ». (which sets him apart within the pop movement). This way, he also questions the true-false values that advertising and Hollywood put forward, starting with the emancipation of women. Focusing on the female figure and its natural side, he contributed to the contemporary evolution of the nude.

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Fine Art Drawings, Pucci Pants, Mel Ramos

Pucci Pants

Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 19 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.7 x 7.5 inch

$4,500

Print, Phantom-Lady (Black), Mel Ramos

Phantom-Lady (Black)

Print . 77.5 x 61 cm Print . 30.5 x 24 inch

$3,500

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Print, Phantom-Lady (White), Mel Ramos

Phantom-Lady (White)

Print . 77.5 x 61 cm Print . 30.5 x 24 inch

$3,500

Print, Wonder Woman #3, Mel Ramos

Wonder Woman #3

Print . 90.9 x 74.9 cm Print . 35.8 x 29.5 inch

$3,500

Print, Tyra Tyre, Mel Ramos

Tyra Tyre

Print . 76 x 59 cm Print . 29.9 x 23.2 inch

$7,021

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Print, Senorita Rio, Mel Ramos

Senorita Rio

Print . 96.5 x 63.5 cm Print . 38 x 25 inch

$3,500

Print, Miss America, Mel Ramos

Miss America

Print . 91.4 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Print . 36 x 28 x 1.5 inch

$5,000

Print, Wonder Woman, Mel Ramos

Wonder Woman

Print . 63.5 x 50.8 cm Print . 25 x 20 inch

$2,500

Print, Fantomas, Mel Ramos

Fantomas

Print . 119.4 x 80 cm Print . 47 x 31.5 inch

$3,950

Print, Superman, Mel Ramos

Superman

Print . 115.6 x 85.1 cm Print . 45.5 x 33.5 inch

$3,500

Sculpture, Candy II (Snickers), Mel Ramos

Candy II (Snickers)

Sculpture . 76.2 x 55.9 x 7.6 cm Sculpture . 30 x 22 x 3 inch

$50,000

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Print, Campbell's Soup, Mel Ramos

Campbell's Soup

Print . 30 x 22.5 x 0.01 cm Print . 11.8 x 8.9 x 0 inch

$2,106

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Print, Le Mans SR., Mel Ramos

Le Mans SR.

Print . 80 x 60 x 1 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$3,393

Sculpture, Miss Chiquita #1, Mel Ramos

Miss Chiquita #1

Sculpture . 74.9 x 55.9 x 8.3 cm Sculpture . 29.5 x 22 x 3.25 inch

$45,000

Print, Suzy Soup, Mel Ramos

Suzy Soup

Print . 23 x 15.5 cm Print . 9.1 x 6.1 inch

$2,925

Print, Phantom Lady, Mel Ramos

Phantom Lady

Print . 90 x 70 x 1 cm Print . 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$3,393

Sculpture, Miss Kiss (Lightbox), Mel Ramos

Miss Kiss (Lightbox)

Sculpture . 76.2 x 58.4 x 25.4 cm Sculpture . 30 x 23 x 10 inch

$50,000

Print, Korn Queen, Mel Ramos

Korn Queen

Print . 77 x 57 x 0.1 cm Print . 30.3 x 22.4 x 0 inch

$3,850

Print, Manet’s Olympia, Mel Ramos

Manet’s Olympia

Print . 50.8 x 67.3 cm Print . 20 x 26.5 inch

$4,000

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Print, Manet’s Olympia, Mel Ramos

Manet’s Olympia

Print . 50.8 x 67.3 cm Print . 20 x 26.5 inch

$4,000

Print, Titleist Tillie, Mel Ramos

Titleist Tillie

Print . 114.3 x 76.2 cm Print . 45 x 30 inch

$4,000

Print, Camilla, Mel Ramos

Camilla

Print . 106.7 x 91.4 cm Print . 42 x 36 inch

$4,000

Print, Dove Tale, Mel Ramos

Dove Tale

Print . 71.1 x 55.9 cm Print . 28 x 22 inch

$3,500

Print, Monterrey Jackie, Mel Ramos

Monterrey Jackie

Print . 81.3 x 59.7 cm Print . 32 x 23.5 inch

$3,500

Print, Red Hots, Mel Ramos

Red Hots

Print . 88.3 x 99.1 cm Print . 34.75 x 39 inch

$3,500

Print, Tootsie Roll, Mel Ramos

Tootsie Roll

Print . 76.2 x 114.3 cm Print . 30 x 45 inch

$3,500

Print, Sweet Odalisque, Mel Ramos

Sweet Odalisque

Print . 57.2 x 78.7 cm Print . 22.5 x 31 inch

$3,400

Print, Gee Gee, Mel Ramos

Gee Gee

Print . 72.4 x 55.9 cm Print . 28.5 x 22 inch

$7,500

Print, Doggie Dinah, Mel Ramos

Doggie Dinah

Print . 77.5 x 57.2 cm Print . 30.5 x 22.5 inch

$6,500

Print, Martini Miss #2, Mel Ramos

Martini Miss #2

Print . 87.6 x 58.4 cm Print . 34.5 x 23 inch

$7,500

Print, Leo, Mel Ramos

Leo

Print . 35.6 x 45.7 cm Print . 14 x 18 inch

$3,600

Print, Tyra Tyre, Mel Ramos

Tyra Tyre

Print . 74.9 x 58.4 cm Print . 29.5 x 23 inch

$6,000

Print, Velasquez Vision, Mel Ramos

Velasquez Vision

Print . 50.8 x 68.6 cm Print . 20 x 27 inch

$5,000

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Print, Velazquez Vision, Mel Ramos

Velazquez Vision

Print . 50.8 x 68.6 cm Print . 20 x 27 inch

$5,000

Print, Dionus, Mel Ramos

Dionus

Print . 90.2 x 53.3 cm Print . 35.5 x 21 inch

$4,750

Print, Photoshop CS, Mel Ramos

Photoshop CS

Print . 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Print . 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$5,000

Print, Jujyfruit Judy, Mel Ramos

Jujyfruit Judy

Print . 80 x 57.2 cm Print . 31.5 x 22.5 inch

$4,500

Print, Donut Doll, Mel Ramos

Donut Doll

Print . 58.4 x 78.7 cm Print . 23 x 31 inch

$4,500

Print, Doublemint Twins, Mel Ramos

Doublemint Twins

Print . 59.1 x 47 cm Print . 23.25 x 18.5 inch

$5,000

Print, Toblerone Tess, Mel Ramos

Toblerone Tess

Print . 76.2 x 113 cm Print . 30 x 44.5 inch

$7,500

Print, Tea at 5 pm, Mel Ramos

Tea at 5 pm

Print . 59.5 x 70 x 2 cm Print . 23.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$6,436

Print, Miss Spudnut, Mel Ramos

Miss Spudnut

Print . 85.1 x 85.1 cm Print . 33.5 x 33.5 inch

$5,500

Print, La Bomba, Mel Ramos

La Bomba

Print . 80 x 60 cm Print . 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$2,340

Print, Hunt for the Best, Mel Ramos

Hunt for the Best

Print . 55.9 x 47 cm Print . 22 x 18.5 inch

$4,600

Print, Drawing Lesson, Mel Ramos

Drawing Lesson

Print . 83.8 x 80 cm Print . 33 x 31.5 inch

$6,000

Print, Hav a Havana #10, Mel Ramos

Hav a Havana #10

Print . 74.3 x 114.3 cm Print . 29.25 x 45 inch

$6,000

Print, Corvette, Mel Ramos

Corvette

Print . 58.4 x 86.4 cm Print . 23 x 34 inch

$5,500

Print, Mint Pattie, Mel Ramos

Mint Pattie

Print . 80.6 x 58.4 cm Print . 31.75 x 23 inch

$5,500

Print, Peek a Boo Marilyn 3, Mel Ramos

Peek a Boo Marilyn 3

Print . 80 x 58.4 cm Print . 31.5 x 23 inch

$6,500

Print, Hav-a-Havana #11, Mel Ramos

Hav-a-Havana #11

Print . 88.9 x 59.7 cm Print . 35 x 23.5 inch

$6,500

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