Andy Warhol Visual arts
Andy Warhol Born August 6th, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology Famous American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker Leading figure of the Visual Arts Movement
Commercial Art (1949-1961) Career in magazine illustration and advertising Whimsical ink drawings for shoe advertisements Expanded to album covers and promotional materials Glamour magazine and Columbia records
Fine art (1962-1967) Also know as Pop Art Imitates methods, styles, and themes of popular culture and mass media that is reflected in comic strips, advertising, and science fiction Aspects of everyday American life
1950’s 1955 “Green and Yellow Shoe” Commercial Art Simple line drawing Painted “Shoe bright, shoe light, first shoe I’ve seen tonight”
1950’s 1958 “The Magic Porridge Pot” Commercial Art Simple line drawing Painted Playful and fun images
1960’s 1967 “The Velvet Underground and Nico” Commercial Art “Peel slowly”
1960’s 1968 “Campbell’s Soup Cans” Pop Art Painting Established Warhol’s Reputation
1970’s 1975/1976 “Mick Jagger” Pop Art Painting and silkscreen Graffiti style
1970’s 1973 “Mao Zedong” Pop Art Painting and silkscreen Graffiti style
Comparison 1950’s 1960’s
Comparison 1960’s 1970’s
Overall Comparison 1950’s 1960’s 1970’s
Visual arts icon Died February 22nd, 1987 in New York City Foundation dedicated to the “advancement of the visual arts” Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The message Behind every artist is the same questions: 1) Develop an idea, question, or problem that is guided by art 2) Apply the arts to communicate and improve daily life and solve problems
Images Powderrun, “Andy Warhol”, April 4th 2007, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License. Ian Burt, “The Velvet Underground and Nico 1967”, January 5th 2006, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License. Punxsutaweneyphil, “Campbell’s Soup Cans”, March 4th 2009, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License. Ian Burt, “Andy Warhol-Mick Jagger 1975”, May 2nd 2006, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License. Istolenthetv, “Warhol-Mao”, October 29th 2005, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License. Banalities, “Warhol-Roy Snell”, July 10th 2007, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
Resources Slide 2- Artquotes, “Andy Warhol Biography”, http://www.artquotes.net/masters/warhol-biography.htm Slide 4- Farlex, “Pop Art”, 2010, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pop+art Slide 14- Artquotes, “Andy Warhol Biography”, http://www.artquotes.net/masters/warhol-biography.htm