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Explore the life and works of Andy Warhol, a leading figure in pop art who created iconic paintings such as Campbell's Soup Cans and Marilyn Diptych. Learn about his background, style, influence, and legacy at Wikiart.org, the best visual art database.
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Andy was the third child born to Czechoslovakian immigrant parents, Ondrej and Ulja (Julia) Warhola, in a working class neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He had two older brothers, John and Paul. As a child, Andy was smart and creative. His mother, a casual artist herself, encouraged his artistic urges by giving him his first camera at nine years old. Wa...
After graduating from high school at the age of 16 in 1945, Warhol attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he received formal training in pictorial design. Shortly after graduating, in 1949, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a commercial illustrator. His first project was for Glamour magazine fo...
In September 1960, after moving to a townhouse at 1342 Lexington Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, he began his most prolific period. From having no dedicated studio space in his previous apartment, where he lived with his mother, he now had plenty of room to work. In 1962 he offered the Department of Real Estate $150 a month to rent a n...
In the late 1970s and 1980s, Warhol made a return to painting, and produced works that frequently verged on abstraction. His Oxidation Painting series, which were made by urinating on a canvas of copper paint, echoed the immediacy of the Abstract Expressionists and the rawness of Jackson Pollock's drip paintings. By the 1980s, Warhol had regained m...
Andy Warhol was one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20thcentury, creating some of the most recognizable images ever produced. Challenging the idealist visions and personal emotions conveyed by abstraction, Warhol embraced popular culture and commercial processes to produce work that appealed to the general public. He was o...
Learn about Andy Warhol, the American painter, draftsman, filmmaker, and printmaker who became a pop culture icon with his screenprinted images of celebrities, soup cans, and news events. Explore his artistic legacy, achievements, and quotes on TheArtStory website.
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- August 6, 1928
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- February 22, 1987
Learn about Andy Warhol, the American pop art pioneer who created iconic paintings of Campbell's Soup Cans, Marilyn Monroe, and more. Explore his works, exhibitions, and media at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67).
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Explore the life and work of Andy Warhol, a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. Find his paintings, prints, and works on paper for sale, and learn about his cultural and consumer icons.
Visit the largest collection of Warhol art and archives in the world, including paintings, prints, films, and more. Explore exhibitions, events, and the Pop District, a new arts project in Pittsburgh.
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