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    Andy Warhol was born in 1928‚ Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. Warhol’s started painting at the age of eight but became known to the world in the late 1950s. He graduated high school when he was sixteen years old and enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Andy Warhol became a commercial illustrator‚ in 1949‚ the same year he moved to New York. He worked for well-known magazines like The New Yorker‚ Vogue‚ etc. He won awards like the American Institute of Graphics Art with his out of the ordinary

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    Andy Warhol was a very talented but nobody noticed him until he released pop art but he was the last artist to become famous for pop art. Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who came to become the world’s icon of the twenty first century. From there he became painter and filmmaker. I think people are drawn to andy because he is a very odd individual‚ even as a small child.He made the simplest things pop ‚ i think that’s why it’s called pop art.The way he thought that everyone will

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    Andy Warhol was a boy born in Pittsburgh on August 6‚1928. He had Sydenhams Charea‚ a disease that affects the nervous system‚ which made it hard for him to attend school. As he approached the age of 14‚ he started attending the Carnegie Institute to take art classes. At the same age‚ he lost his father and fell into depression‚ resulting in him losing a childhood. However‚ Andy Warhol’s dad had worked to put money into his college education. After he graduated from college‚ he moved to New

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    and America. By having images from popular culture‚ pop art challenges the traditions of fine art. Often taking images from advertising‚ logos and brand labels are extensively seen in pop art. An example of this would be Campbell’s Soup Cans‚ by Andy Warhol. Pop art in America used detached‚ normal reality‚ parody‚ and irony to eliminate the personal symbolism of abstract expressionism. Meanwhile‚ England used irony‚ but more academically. English pop art was fueled by the symbolism of American pop

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    ” – Andy Warhol Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame has lasted for 25 years. He created different art forms fromhand drawing‚ painting‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ silk screening‚ sculpture‚ film‚ and music. According to http://www.art.com/gallery/id--a76/andy-warhol-posters.htm ‘he produced more than art-he was essentially his own brand’. He was an artist from America who was well known for being an important part of the starting of a visual art movement by the name of pop art. Warhol was

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    Artist Name: Andy Warhol Title of Artwork: Marilyn Monroe Year Created: 1962 Media Used: Screen Printing Dimensions: 2054 x 1448 x 20 mm Location: Tate Cultural And Historical Contexts: 1. I think it reflects the time because it was the beginning of pop art and Marilyn monroe was famous and lots of people around that time were doing lots of pop art of famous models and actresses. Many Artist were also doing pop art that were comic style and one of those artists are Roy Lichenstein. 2. I think

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    A Formal Analysis of Statue of Liberty by Andy Warhol Andy Warhol created his painting Statue of Liberty in 1962. The painting’s subject is‚ obviously‚ the Statue of Liberty‚ repeated twelve times in a 4 by 3 matrix. The painting belongs to the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania; however it is being auctioned on November 14th at Christie’s in New York. It is rather large at 80 by 61 inches. To be able to see the entirety of the painting‚ one must stand back several feet. The image

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    includes comic books. The early artist in the United States was Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. The most praised pop art artists was Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol was born August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ New York. Andy was the youngest child‚ being the third born out of his two brothers. His mom was an artist herself before Andy was and when Andy turned nine‚ she gave him his first camera. As a young child‚ he has a nervous disorder and he stayed away from school a lot. While he

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    Andy Warhol is quite possibly the most famous pop artist known to man. He is best known for his work “100 Cans” which shows numerous Campbell’s Soup cans‚ which leads to the question‚ how can something so simple be so captivating? This is a perfect example of what pop art was and still is today. Warhol took something so simple that people see every day and turned it into the most famous art piece of the era. This style is what Andy Warhol was known for‚ turning simple everyday items into powerful

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    live in today. Pop art is an extension and repudiation of dadaism. (Wikipedia) Andy Warhol was a famous american draftsman‚ filmmaker‚ painter‚ and print maker of the early 1950s to the late 1980s. Warhol was born August 6th‚ 1928 in Pittsburg‚ Pennsylvania and later died on February 22‚ 1987 in New York‚ New York. Andy worked in the movements of pop art‚ video art‚ and postmodern art (Wikipedia). Andy graduated from high school at 16‚ in 1945 and later went on to Carnegie institute of technology

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