Artist

Mel Ramos

born Sacramento, CA 1935-died Oakland, CA 2018
Also known as
  • Mel J. Ramos
  • Melvin John Ramos
Born
Sacramento, California, United States
Died
Oakland, California, United States

Works by this artist (4 items)

Mel Ramos, Chic, from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists, Volume I, 1965, screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Morris Incorporated, 1966.29.9
Chic, from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists, Volume I
Artist
Date1965
screenprint
Not on view
Mel Ramos, Miss Comfort Creme, from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists, Volume III, 1965, screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Morris Incorporated, 1966.29.32
Miss Comfort Creme, from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists,…
Artist
Date1965
screenprint
Not on view
Mel Ramos, The Phantom, 1962, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Edith S. and Arthur J. Levin, 2005.5.62
The Phantom
Artist
Date1962
oil on canvas
Not on view
Mel Ramos, Tobacco Rose, from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists, Volume II, 1965, screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Morris Incorporated, 1966.29.22
Tobacco Rose, from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists, Volume II
Artist
Date1965
screenprint
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1966.29.23 - SAAM-1966.29.23_1 - 2177
Pop Art Prints
March 21, 2014–August 31, 2014
Smithsonian American Art Museum
In the 1950s and 1960s, pop art offered a stark contrast to abstract expressionism, then the dominant movement in American art.