AMERICAN ARTISTS’ DAY

Andy Warhol (1929-1987)

 ANDY WARHOL – AMERICAN
ARTIST OF POPULAR ART

August 1928 February 1987

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 ANDY WARHOL (1929-1987)
• Born in Oakland, Pittsburgh, PA • One of the Most influential
figures in Contemporary Art
+ Culture
• Studied at Carnegie Institute of
Art + Technology
• Leading Artist in the U.S.
• Filmmaker + Director + Producer (Pop Art-1960’s) Visual Art
+ Painter + Artist Movement
 ANDY WARHOL’S WORKS

• Artistic Expression
• Celebrity Culture
• Advertising
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Photography
• Film
• Silk-screening
 ANDY WARHOL- YOUTH TO
ADULTHOOD
Early Years
Later Years
• Youngest child of three/Pittsburgh • Graduated college with B.A. in Fine Arts
• Moved to NY to pursue career as commercial artist
• Age 8- Diagnosed (St. Vitus Dance): • He dropped the “A” at end of his last name

Disease of nervous system –bed ridden • Worked for: Glamour magazine, Tiffany +
Company, Columbia Records
for months.
• Became one of the most successful commercial
• Coped by drawing, watching movies, artists of the 50’s
reading celebrity magazines + DC comic
books, + photography.
“Imagery he returned to years later.”
 THE FACTORY
1963 EAST 47TH
STREET NY
• Attracted artists, socialites,
celebrities, intellectuals, wealthy
patrons + musicians (Bob Dylan,
Mick Jagger, Salvador Dali).
• Created Films 
• Lead to TV productions: 

"Andy Warhol's TV"

"Andy Warhol's 15 minutes”
 “POP-ART” MOVEMENT (1961)
•  Paintings
on Mass-produced Commercial goods.
• Everyday Consumer Products + Commonplace objects

Famous pop Paintings:

• Coca-Cola bottles
• Vacuum cleaners
• Hamburgers.
• Celebrity portraits in vivid colors.
 “EIGHT ELVISES”
Sold for $ 100 million - One of the most valuable paintings in
world history.
CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS (1962)
MARILYN DIPTYCH (1962)
 SILK-SCREEN PRINTING PROCESS
• When asked about painting Campbell’s soup cans: Warhol
replied,

“I wanted to paint nothing. I was looking for something that

was the essence of nothing, and that was it”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzrPmfaYcMM
 THE SHOT- JUNE 3RD 1968
• Shot by Valerie Solana - Writer + Activist
• Turned herself in
• 3 years in prison.

• Andy - Scarred Torso

• Did not recover completely.
• Died in 1987/heart attack after having a gall bladder removed.
 ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM –
PITTSBURGH PA
• In his native City.
• Permanent collection of art + archives.
• Largest museum in the U.S. dedicated to a
single artist.
• Highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting
- US $105 million.
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