The Founder of Pop Art: Andy Warhol Andy Warhol is the god father of Pop Art. His window advertisements were the beginning of an era where art would be seen in an array of forms away from the traditional paintings and sculptures of the old world. His love of bright colors and bold patters along with his quirky personality paved the way for his successful career as a major figure in the pop art movement. Warhol was born in 1930‚ in the town of McKeesport‚ Pennsylvania. His parents were Czech
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History Day Essay: Pop Art Movement The Pop Art movement‚ from the late 1950s to the 1970s‚ was widely spread in the United States. It was a movement where consumerism and mass-production greatly influenced and inspired artists. Artists‚ such as Andy Warhol‚ explored and experienced the world of Pop Art that was not favored by most art critics at the time. This movement struggled to cross the boundary between what was considered low and high art forms. Over time however‚ Pop Art slowly became
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American Pop artist‚ from 1928-1987. A pop artist is an artist who has a style that explores the everyday imagery that is part of modern consumer culture. Using things like consumer product packaging‚ celebrities‚ comic strips‚ and advertisements. Other pop artists are Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol was born on August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Warhol died in New York on February 27‚ 1987 after a gallbladder operation. Andy Warhol
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ANDY WARHOL August 6‚ 1928 – February 22‚ 1987 Andy Warhol was one of the most influential people in American modern art. Warhol was best known for his bright colored images of famous people and food cans. Through both his art and lifestyle he explored the nature of fame‚ popular culture‚ and the media. His artistic influence and unusual personality redefined the modern art world. Andy Warhol was born August 6‚ 1928 in the working class neighborhood of Oakwood‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania
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With Campbell’s Soup Can (Tomato) Andy Warhol takes as his subject a ubiquitous staple food found in millions of American homes and turns it into high art. With the unique candor he displayed in the best of his early Pop art works he appropriates the curved lines and iconic graphic imagery of a tin of canned soup and re-examines them in the context of their pure visual qualities. Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans transformed him into an overnight sensation when they were first exhibited in Los
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Andy Warhol: A Pop Culture Icon Henry Matisse once said‚ "The freedom of the artist is in reality the impossibility of following the path beaten by all others." In other words‚ the degree in which an artist interprets the world that is laid out before him is what makes him unique. Andy Warhol was a master at creating a distinctive account of what came before him and what presently surrounded him. It was this rare talent that made Andy Warhol into a pop culture icon with a profound influence on
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Andy Warhol - Mini Bio Born on August 6‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ Andy Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms‚ including performance art‚ filmmaking‚ video installations and writing‚ and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics. Warhol died on February 22‚ 1987‚ in New York City. QUOTES "I’d prefer to remain a mystery. I never
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Recently‚ we watched the movie‚ The Breakfast Club. The character I chose to write about is Andy. Andy is a wrestler. He wins a lot because of the patch on his jacket. The patch said state champion. He is the athlete of the story and the jock. He bullied other people below him because they weren’t as good as him. Andy stood up for the others in the beginning of the movie. John was picking on Claire and he stopped him. He stood up for others in the beginning of the movie. Towards the middle of
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the Story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” the main character‚ Andy‚ is dynamic and round character making him more than just a proper protagonist. What makes Andy such a dynamic and round character is his will to live and his strength to love‚ even though he is going through his own battle. “I don’t want to die‚” he thought “I haven’t lived yet.” (Hunter 7) At the beginning of the story Andy was fixed on the fact that he was a royal. Now Andy begins to realize that living his life to the fullest is
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Robert Tracy April 28‚ 2009 Flowers‚ 1967‚ by Andy Warhol The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art showcases the finest examples of painting‚ sculpture and other impressive work by some of the world’s most influential and renowned artists. The current exhibition of Classic Contemporary: Lichtensein‚ Warhol and Friends is an exhibit that features important paintings and sculpture by major contemporary artists‚ primarily from the 1960s and ‘70s. Andy Warhol was at the forefront of the Pop Art movement;
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