Andy Warhol The icon of pop art

Andy Warhol was the most popular figure in the pop art movement that came up in the 1950s in
the United States and Great Britain. During his career he produced paintings,
films, commercials, print ads and other works of art.
Andy Warhols parents came to America from Czechoslovakia at the beginning of the
20th century. As a boy Andy liked to draw and cut up pictures. The family lived in Pittsburgh,
where Warhols father worked in a coal mine.
While in high school Warhol took art classes and drew sketches at the Carnegie Museum. He
liked to go to the movies and started collecting fan articles of famous movies and stars. These
objects appeared later on in Warhols works.
Warhol studied art in Pittsburgh and after moving to New York in 1949 he began work as
an illustrator for magazines such as the New Yorker or Vogue. During this time he started using
a special technique to draw images for ads. Andy Warhol became unsatisfied with this job and
wanted to have his pictures shown in art galleries.

During the 1960s Andy Warhol concentrated on painting realistic pictures of everyday items. This
style became known as pop art. Among his most famous paintings were comic strips, images of

Marylyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali, Coca Cola bottles and the electric chair. His probably best
known painting was the famous Campbell soup can. In his drawings Warhol simplified objects
and portraits and painted them in many different colors.
The center of Warhols life was his art studio, called the Factory. There he met many other famous
artists and celebrities. The Factory was also used as a film studio in which Andy Warhol
produced many of his famous underground films. They usually had no special plotbut were very
long. In one of them he shows a man sleeping for five hours.
In 1968 a frustrated actress, Valerie Solanas, walked into Warhols studio and shot the
artist. Although he had already beenpronounced dead, doctors managed to reanimate him and
save his life. Warhol never fully recovered from this incident.
During the 1970s and 80s Warhol continued to paint with the same silk screen technique that
had made him popular but, in some way, his career was declining. In 1987 Warhol died at the
age of 58 during a routine gall bladder operation.
Andy Warhol had a unique personality. He was a declared homosexual who liked to be famous
and stand in the spotlights. He liked to be surrounded by flashy characters like Mick Jagger
and Jim Morrison.
The Andy Warhol Museum, in Pittsburgh is the largest art museum dedicated to one single artist.
It holds more than 12,000 works of theicon of pop art. The highest-priced painting is Eight Elvises
, images of Elvis Presley, which was sold for over 100 million dollars.

Andy Warhol's famous Campbell's Tomato Soup can and the Rolling stones Logo

Andy Warhol The icon of pop art

Andy Warhol was the most popular .. in the pop art movement that came up in the 1950s
in the United States and Great Britain. During his career he produced paintings,
films, .., print ads and other . .. .
Andy Warhols parents came to America from Czechoslovakia at the beginning of the
20th . As a boy Andy liked to draw and cut up pictures. The family lived in
Pittsburgh, where Warhols father worked in a coal mine.
While in high school Warhol took art classes and drew . at the Carnegie Museum.
He liked to go to the movies and started collecting fan articles of famous movies and stars. These
objects appeared later on in Warhols works.
Warhol studied art in Pittsburgh and after moving to New York in 1949 he began work as
an for magazines such as the New Yorker or Vogue. During this time he started
using a special technique to draw images for ads. Andy Warhol became with
this job and wanted to have his pictures shown in art galleries.

During the 1960s Andy Warhol concentrated on painting realistic pictures of everyday items. This
style became known as pop art. Among his most famous paintings were comic strips, images of

Marylyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali, Coca Cola bottles and the electric chair. His probably best
known painting was the famous Campbell soup .. . In his drawings
Warhol simplified objects and portraits and painted them in many different colors.
The center of Warhols life was his art studio, called the Factory. There he met many other famous
artists and celebrities. The Factory was also used as a film studio in which Andy Warhol
produced many of his famous . films. They usually had no special plot but were
very long. In one of them he shows a man sleeping for five hours.
In 1968 a frustrated actress, Valerie Solanas, walked into Warhols studio and shot the
artist. . he had already been pronounced dead, doctors managed
to reanimate him and save his life. Warhol never fully recovered from this incident.
During the 1970s and 80s Warhol continued to paint with the same . technique
that had made him popular but, in some way, his career was declining. In 1987 Warhol died at
the age of 58 during a routine gall bladder operation.
Andy Warhol had a personality. He was a declared homosexual who liked to be
famous and stand in the spotlights. He liked to be surrounded by flashy characters like Mick
Jagger and Jim Morrison.

WORKS OF ART ALTHOUGH COMMERCIALS

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QUIZ:
1)
Andy Warhol is the most popural figure of an art movement. What is the name of the
movement?
2)
During the 1970s and 80s Warhol continued to paint with the same technique that had
made him popular . What is the name of that technique?
3)

Where can you find the Andy Warhol Museum?

4)
Andy Warhol became famous for creating different commercials and ads. Name at least
two products or ithems he promoted.
5)

Where does Andy Warhols fathec come from and where did he work?