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Pages in category "Paintings by Andy Warhol" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Andy Warhol (/ ˈ w ɔːr h ɒ l /; [1] born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer.A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century.
In August, Warhol's pop art had its first museum presentation in a survey show at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. This show resulted in Warhol's first fine-art review in The New York Times. Regarding some of Warhol's Campbell's Soup can paintings, the review stated, "These are no mere unruly incidents but big steps towards art ...
The Marilyn Diptych is a silkscreen painting by American pop artist Andy Warhol depicting Marilyn Monroe. The monumental work is one of the artist's most noted of the movie star. The painting consists of 50 images. [2] Each image of the actress is taken from the single publicity photograph from the film Niagara (1953).
Bruno Bischofberger became Basquiat's art dealer and gave him a one-man show at his Zurich gallery in September 1982. [4] Bischofberger also represented Warhol and arranged a lunch meeting between the two artists on October 4, 1982. [5] Warhol documented the meeting in a diary entry, which was posthumously published in The Andy Warhol Diaries ...
Warhol argued that he was reinventing the artist as a thinker, at least as much as a doer, a stance continued to this day by Factory-style art superstars such as Jeff Koons. Critics begged to ...
Pop artist Andy Warhol had a fascination with Hollywood and fame. A legend of the silver screen, Marilyn Monroe is widely considered to be the epitome of Hollywood glamour. [1] After her death at the age of 36 in August 1962, Warhol began immortalizing her in his work. [2] "In August '62 I started doing silkscreens.... It was all so simple ...
In 1985, Amiga Computers asked Warhol to create a few works for the company's Lincoln Center promotional event in which thousands of people would watch the artist's work live. The original files ...