Mel Ramos (1935-2018) . RIP 😔 . Pop artist Mel Ramos, whose art was known for its striking juxtaposition of naked women with larger-than-life commercial products, such as Coca Cola, has died at age 83. Another legend of the game passes.... . “In a lot of ways, Mel was equal to [Tom] Wesselmann and Lichenstein and, of course, Andy Warhol. The problem is, Andy Warhol left 36,000 works. Wesselmann is close to 8,000 or 10,000. Mel Ramos hand-painted everything tediously,” Meisel explained, noting that Ramos’s full-time job teaching could sometimes leave little time for making new work. “In his most famous year, 1965, he did 18 or 20 works. There are not 1,000 Ramoses in the world, so he hasn’t been as widely collected.” Artnet . #MelRamos #PopArt #AmericanArt #AndyWarhol #ArtLegend #ArtMarket #ArtInspiration https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBarZbgCwF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11pw80n6sto63