Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola, was born on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He dropped the ‘a’ at the end of his last name during the year 1949. He was one of the world’s most popular magazine and ad illustrators, who used avant-garde as well as highly commercial sensibilities in his artworks. He was also experienced in filmmaking, performance arts, as well as video installations.
After graduating from college with his degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts, Warhol moved to New York, where he pursued a career as a commercial artist in the year 1949. In 1961, he came upwith the concept/movement called “Pop Art”. During this time, the iconic paintings of Campbell’s soup can were exhibited. This artwork created a major stir in the art industry, and as a result, Warhol and Pop Art gained a high recognition.
Andy Warhol’s other famous paintings also depicted Cocoa Cocoa bottles, vacuum cleaners and hamburgers. Not only that, but his artworks included portrait paintings of celebrities. Such celebrities included Marilyn Monroe(an American actress), Elizabeth Taylor(also an American actress), Mick Jagger (English singer and songwriter) and Mao Tse-tung(a Chinese communist).
Warhol used mostly bright vivid colors and silk screening techniques to mass-produce artworks. He rented a studio in Manhattan which was later renamed The Factory. This studio was used as a hub for celebrities who had great interests in his work.
Throughout the 1970’s, until his death, Andy Warhol continued to produce prints depicting political and Hollywood celebrities, and he became quite involved in a wide range of advertising illustrations and other commercial art projects
Andy Warhol was sick with his gall bladder for years, until he eventually had surgery done. Following a successful surgery, his private nurse went to check up on him, only to find him dead. He died of cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 58, on February 22, 1987.
Other works of Andy Warhol include:
https://www.biography.com/artist/andy-warhol
www.artnet.com/artists/andy-warhol/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andy-Warhol
https://upload.wikipedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Andy Warhol by Jack Mitchell.
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