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Julia enjoyed singing traditional Rusyn folk songs and was artistic. She loved to draw, and her favorite subjects were angels and cats. She also did embroidery and other crafts, such as bouquets of flowers made from tin cans and crepe paper. During the Easter season she decorated eggs in the Pysanka tradition.
- James Warhola (grandson)
TC21 Object: Julia Warhola, Holy Cats by Andy Warhol's Mother (open book view), 1960. Andy admired his mother’s art, and he often asked her to contribute her calligraphy to his illustrations and books. Her unique calligraphy was an integral part of his early graphic style as a book designer and commercial artist.
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Sep 1, 2016 · Growing up she learned a variety of arts and crafts from her immediate family, who deeply valued the arts. She loved to sing, and often sang the folk songs she had learned as a young girl. Julia also practiced embroidery, hand-making paper and tin flowers, and decorating eggs.
When Julia Warhola, mother of Andy Warhol, received her naturalization document on April 9, 1942, at age 49, she never could have imagined it would one day be exhibited in a museum. Now displayed on The Andy Warhol Museum’s top floor, it’s an artifact of the most important person in the Pop artist’s life.
McLaughlin’s tile mural in The Pop District, titled Julia, is inspired by Warhol’s mother. “Julia Warhola’s life and artwork has inspired me because of her beautiful line-work, ability to simplify imagery, and convey personality in her subjects,” McLaughlin says.
Feb 28, 2013 · Julia Warhola was an artist herself (visitors to the 15 Minutes Eternal exhibition in Asia will have the opportunity to see some of Julia’s drawings). She and Warhol were quite close, and Warhol used her handwriting in many early prints.
Feb 19, 2020 · Julia Warhola stands out by contradicting almost every innovation which made the artist’s paintings revolutionary: the impersonal choice of subject matter, the machine-like handling of paint, the art-for-money ethos, the absolute focus on the present. All these essential hallmarks are tossed aside.
