Essay On Keith Haring And Andy Warhol

Keith Haring and Andy Warhol were both very famous American artists and are pop artists. Although they both did pop art, they were known for different reasons and became artists in different ways. Keith Haring was a social activist and was known for his inspiring cartoon graffiti against drug addiction, diseases, etc. Some of his artworks are,”Crack is Wack” and “Ignorance Equals Fear”. He died at the age 31 because of AIDS complications.On the other hand, Andy Warhol was known as a leading figure of pop art and a commercial illustrator. He was also known for painting objects with bright and colorful paint. For example, his artwork “Shot Marilyns” has bright colors painted. Unlike Haring who died at a young age, Warhol died at the age 58. Also while Keith
Keith Haring learned how to draw cartoons from his father, a cartoonist himself, and got inspired by many artists like Dr. Seuss and Walt Disney. At first, he entered a commercial arts schools but later dropped out because he had little interests in it. He later moved to New York and went to a Visual arts school and there, he got inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. He then started to draw on subway stations and inspired many people but got arrested many times for vandalism. Then later when he got HIV/AIDS, he started supporting for people with AIDS. He inspired so many people that his artwork still can be seen New York subway stations. However, Andy Warhol was not inspired by artists but was inspired by his mother, who gave him drawing lessons when he was young like Keith Haring except his father gave him drawing lessons. He was also inspired when his mother gave him a camera. When his father later died, his father dedicated his life saving to Andy Warhol's college and Warhol later went to college to study pictoral designs. Both artists got inspired by their parents and tragedies, but they became artists for other different