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Mel Ramos

Mel Ramos

United States • 1935 - 2018 • 574 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

€4,137

Print, Phantom-Lady (White), Mel Ramos

Phantom-Lady (White)

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

€3,218

Print, Wonder Woman #3, Mel Ramos

Wonder Woman #3

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

€3,218

Print, Senorita Rio, Mel Ramos

Senorita Rio

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

€3,218

Print, Tyra Tyre, Mel Ramos

Tyra Tyre

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

€6,000

Recommended by Artsper
Print, Phantom-Lady (Black), Mel Ramos

Phantom-Lady (Black)

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

€3,218

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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

€4,597

Print, Wonder Woman, Mel Ramos

Wonder Woman

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

€2,298

Print, Fantomas, Mel Ramos

Fantomas

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

€3,632

Print, Superman, Mel Ramos

Superman

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

€3,218

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

€41,372

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

€1,800

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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

€45,969

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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

€2,900

Print, Suzy Soup, Mel Ramos

Suzy Soup

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

€2,500

Print, Phantom Lady, Mel Ramos

Phantom Lady

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

€2,900

Print, Korn Queen, Mel Ramos

Korn Queen

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

€3,290

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

€45,969

Print, Doggie Dinah, Mel Ramos

Doggie Dinah

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

€5,976

Print, Manet’s Olympia, Mel Ramos

Manet’s Olympia

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

€3,677

Print, Titleist Tillie, Mel Ramos

Titleist Tillie

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

€3,677

Print, Camilla, Mel Ramos

Camilla

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

€3,677

Print, Dove Tale, Mel Ramos

Dove Tale

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

€3,218

Print, Monterrey Jackie, Mel Ramos

Monterrey Jackie

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

€3,218

Print, Red Hots, Mel Ramos

Red Hots

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

€3,218

Print, Tootsie Roll, Mel Ramos

Tootsie Roll

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

€3,218

Print, Sweet Odalisque, Mel Ramos

Sweet Odalisque

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

€3,126

Print, Gee Gee, Mel Ramos

Gee Gee

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

€6,895

Print, Martini Miss #2, Mel Ramos

Martini Miss #2

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

€6,895

Print, Leo, Mel Ramos

Leo

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

€3,310

Print, Manet’s Olympia, Mel Ramos

Manet’s Olympia

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

€3,677

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Print, Tyra Tyre, Mel Ramos

Tyra Tyre

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

€5,516

Print, Velazquez Vision, Mel Ramos

Velazquez Vision

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

€4,597

Print, Dionus, Mel Ramos

Dionus

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

€4,367

Print, Leta on Durer’s Rhinos, Mel Ramos

Leta on Durer’s Rhinos

Print . 55.9 x 76.8 cm Print . 22 x 30.25 inch

€4,597

Print, Photoshop CS, Mel Ramos

Photoshop CS

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

€4,597

Print, Jujyfruit Judy, Mel Ramos

Jujyfruit Judy

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

€4,137

Print, Donut Doll, Mel Ramos

Donut Doll

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

€4,137

Print, Doublemint Twins, Mel Ramos

Doublemint Twins

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

€4,597

Print, Toblerone Tess, Mel Ramos

Toblerone Tess

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

€6,895

Print, Miss Spudnut, Mel Ramos

Miss Spudnut

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

€5,057

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

€5,976

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

Hav-a-Havana #11

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

€5,976

Print, Hav a Havana #9, Mel Ramos

Hav a Havana #9

Print . 57.4 x 93 cm Print . 22.6 x 36.6 inch

€5,976

Print, Hunt for the Best, Mel Ramos

Hunt for the Best

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

€4,229

Print, Drawing Lesson, Mel Ramos

Drawing Lesson

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

€5,516

Print, Hav a Havana #10, Mel Ramos

Hav a Havana #10

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

€5,516

Print, Corvette, Mel Ramos

Corvette

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

€5,057

Print, Mint Pattie, Mel Ramos

Mint Pattie

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

€5,057

Print, Velasquez Vision, Mel Ramos

Velasquez Vision

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

€4,597

Recommended by Artsper
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

€5,500

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