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Andy Warhol
Better known as Andy Warhol, Andrew Warhola was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928. He was a leading figure in the visual movement known as pop art, and was a talented painter, printmaker, and filmmaker. Questions about his life and his work are welcome here!
398 Questions
Andy Warhol which university did he go?
To the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh.
When did Andy Warhol paint Marilyn Monroe?
Andy Warhol created the pictures of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, soon after she commited suicide.
He also painted Mao, Jackie Kennedy, Liz Taylor and other famous people.
What did Andy Warhol have to do with Marilyn monroe?
No!! Marilyn Monroe died when Warhol become famous.
Who and where are the close friends of artist Andy Warhol?
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, David Salle and other so-called Neo-Expressionists, as well as members of the Transavantgarde movement in Europe, including Francesco Clemente and Enzo Cucchi.
Where did Andy Warhol train to be an artist?
At the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh .
How many pieces of art did Andy warhol do?
Andy Wohol was a freakin genius. Nothing else needs to be said
In 1968 Andy Warhol was shot in the chest by Valerie Solanas, the author of the S.C.U.M. Manifesto - the initials standing for the Society for Cutting up Men. She said he had too much control over her life and she was upset that he had lost a play she had submitted to him.
Andy Warhol Campbell soup cup with his signature?
Ordinary everyday things realistically painted, no decorative additions, clear outlines, repetition.
What inspired Andy Warhol to create his pictures?
Ivan Karp, Warhol's close friends, remembered that in the 1960s he said to the artist, "The only thing that no one deals with now these days is pastorals. My favorite subject is cows." Warhol immediately grasped his spin on the outmoded subject matter and proclaimed, "New Cows! Fresh Cows!"
- Patrick S. Smith, Warhol Conversations About the Artist (Ann Arbor, MI: U.M.I. Research Press, 1988) 217
- Got Cow? Cattle in American Art, 1920-2000: Cattle in American Art 1820-2000
By Bartholomew F. Bland, Hudson River Museum, Pg. 14
What images are in Andy Warhol most famous works?
Andy Warhol is most famous for his pop art pictures of famous icons. The famous soup can series is one of his most memorable along with the lithographs of Maryilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor.
What is the medium in Andy warhol's painting of the telephone?
Silkscreen. Warhol used photographs as the basis for his silkscreened prints. He altered many of his silkscreens with acrylic paint and ink in order to give them a less perfect, printed quality.
What were Andy Warhols hobbies?
he love to collect things he had a collection of 175 ceramic cookie jars
Is Andy warhol a post modern artist?
Yes, Andy Warhol is a Postmodern arist. He broke down the barrier between high-brow and low-brow in Pop Art in the 1960's, which is when Postmodernism began.
Why do people like Andy Warhol's paintings?
There is usually one and the same answer to those questions 'Why did XXX become an artist?' Because they felt they had the talent and the urge. It is as simple as that!
What is a collage style of pop art?
--An artistic composition of materials and objects pasted over a surface, often with unifying lines and color
--A work, such as a literary piece, composed of both borrowed and original material.The art of creating such compositions.
--An assemblage of diverse elements: a collage of conflicting memories.
How long did it take Andy Warhol to paint Marilyn Monroe?
many millions for the Andy warhol Marilyn at the national gallery of art in DC?
What type of work did Andy warhol produce?
His works were varied and covered everything from print, to silkscreening and filmaking. He is most famous for his "Pop Art" paintings, but he was also a successful commercial illustrator. Throughout his works (and even his public interactions) he was noted for a deadpan Keatonesque quality, often exacerbated by a refusal to explain his works or his inspirations.
