Mel Ramos

Born in California in 1935, Mel Ramos was an artist who lived and worked in the United States until his death in 2018. After graduating in art from Sacramento State University, he pursued an academic career as an art teacher. He followed the pop art tradition of artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. His work blends popular culture, advertising and academic art. Mel Ramos is best known for his depictions of pin-ups, often nude, associated with objects of mass consumption such as logos, food products and famous brands. Throughout his career, Mel Ramos has exhibited in numerous galleries and museums around the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and MoMA in New York, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.