The history of pop art and its influence today – Mr Jones Watches

If you’ve walked past a poster, seen a colourful website or even picked up a birthday card, it's more than likely that pop art influenced the design…  Pop art stands for “popular art” that’s viewed by mass audiences. It’s been around for over six decades and has shaped many parts of our culture such as advertising campaigns and brand identities.  First bursting onto the scene in post-war Britain in the 1950s, it had fully flourished by the 1960s with many different cultures and countries contributing to the movement.  Finding no inspiration from art that was being displayed in museums or taught in schools, rebellious young artists started the pop art movement by questioning what art could be. They started to take inspiration from their everyday lives instead, which included Hollywood films, comic books and even soup cans!  One of our
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