Andy Warhol
“I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money and Campbell’s soup” (Andy Warhol). This quote is very significant to Warhol’s life because the moment he was asked this question, his life immediately changed forever. Andy Warhol was born into his family on August 6, 1928. He was greeted by his two older brothers and their parents. The Warhol family grew up in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania which started Andy’s journey in the world of art. Warhol always loved to draw, paint, cut and glue things ever since he was very little. His mother was also an artist and she was very encouraging. She would always give Andy a chocolate bar after every page he finished in his coloring book. Once Andy was ready for school, he became very, very sick and would miss a significant amount of school. His skin became a pink blotchy color and would shake uncontrollably and he felt as if the other students wouldn’t accept him which lowered his self-esteem quite a bit. However, once he reached high school he started taking a few art classes and he loved them. He was known as the “outcast” who always had a sketch book in his hands, but that didn’t seem to affect him too much. He also loved movies and made a collections of celebrity memorabilia.
Finally, once Andy Warhol graduated from high school, in 1949, he began to grow as an artist. It wasn’t until college when he discovered his first technique which was the bottle-line technique. The bottle-line technique required two pieces of blank paper to be taped together. Then, he would draw ink on one page, but before the ink dried Warhol would have to press the two pieces of paper togeth...
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...of art. Ever since he was a young boy, he never let his struggles from his illness hold him back. It was just the beginning of many bumps in the road, but he loved doing what he was doing and there was not stopping him. From his very first technique of bottle-line to Pop art, canvas paintings, or even his very last technique of silk screening, Andy Warhol became a better, more experienced artist throughout his life time. So, next time you feel trapped with nowhere to go ask yourself what you love the most. The answer is right in front of your eyes.
I personally find Andy Warhol’s art to be very attention-grabbing. I love the bright colors and you can definitely get a sense of his personality throughout his work. The silk screening technique is very modern. I have seen this technique used in photography pictures and that just shows how his legacy is being lived on!
Andy Warhol was a graphic artist, painter, and film maker, amoung other things, also associated with Pop Art. He moved to New York, around 1950, where he did his first advertisements as a comercial artist and, later, began showing in expositions. One technique employed by Warhol involved repeditive silk screen prints on canvas. He used this method to produce many series of prints with various, easily reconizable images. Between 1962 and 1964 in his self titled studio “The Factory”(Phaidon 484), Warhol produced over two thousand pictures. One of these, Lavender Disaster, was made in 1963 and belonged to a series of pictures all including the same image of an electric chair.
He would use a method where he would make little squares inside of 1 another to make his face. That he only used about 4 colors to create it. Other times he would do a grayscale portrait which he only used black paint(Only about half a teaspoon of it with some mixed water in it) to create his grayscale painting. He used a method called the “Grid Method.” That is when you make about 1 inch size squares to base your painting off of. Chuck close used this method for most of his painting. He used this method to make it easier on his arm when we painted. He also had a machine made for him that would make his paintings turn upside down so it could be more accessible for
In an interview the artist proposed that the “great [thing] about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest” (Andy Warhol). With his artwork he reached out to millions. The best example of consumerism is the painting 100 Cans in 1962 seen on the left hand side. Even though the painting is by far not as famous as the Marilyn Monroe prints, it played a major role for Campbell soup sales. According to the Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Warhol designed a can that would be more attractive to the Pop Culture . By using different design elements he invited the user or buyer into purchasing the Campbell soup over other soup products. Through the use of elements such as space and and value, the painting appears to be a 3D image. Bright colors catch the consumers/ observer eyes and invites one into the image. The top part of the cans show texture and the different colors on the can itself create balance. Lines make up the shape of a cylinder and the fact that items shapes and colors come up repetitively, displays repetition. All in all, Andy Warhol 's artwork show great composition, which led to his success in the art and advertising
Andy Warhol, (fig2) no one, including Warhol him self knows his exact birthday but its thought to be around 1928-1931. Born in Forest city Pennsylvania and christened Andrew Warhola (which he changed in 1949 while living in New York). There are several contradicting stories about his life although he left two autobiographies the factual authenticates are not known, however his parents emigrated to the States from Czechoslovakia in 1909, his father came first to avoid national service and his mother nine years later. His father who worked as a coal minor in West Virginia didn’t play a big role in brining up Warhol, as he was away form home allot. After his death Andrew his mother and his brothers had a very poor existence, during school holidays Andrew sold fruit and helped as a window...
Vincent Van Gogh is celebrated today as the greatest Dutch painter, besides Rembrandt (“Vincent Willem”). Born in Holland on March 30, 1853, Van Gogh had five other siblings and two parents, and although his mother was an artist, he never bothered with art until much later in his life (“Vincent Willem”). Van Gogh had many shortcomings in his little and dismal time on earth and it was not until his late twenties, after all else had failed, that he gave art a chance. Thanks to the help of his older brother Theo, Van Gogh was able to put all of his emotions and mental worries into productive use, creating masterpieces that are sold today for millions of dollars (“Vincent Willem”). Although he is hugely successful today, Van Gogh had little to no fame in his lifetime and he struggled immensely with his mental state of mind for many years. Ultimately his mental illness (some believe there were more than one) lead to his untimely death, but his turbulent state of mind also helped him to create magnificent images that are revered as some of the greatest pieces of art of today.
His art style mainly consisted of pop art, some good examples of that would be the “Marilyn Diptych” or the “Campbell’s Soup Cans. “Artist Andy Warhol transformed the art world with his Pop Art creations of the 1960's most famously including the Campbell's Soup Can series of lithographs and sculptural renderings of oversized boxes of Tide. artists. Pop Art. headshots. eyeglasses. glasses. modern art. lithographers. filmmakers. directors.” (No publisher name, “Andy Warhol”). His job in the artistry came to a sudden halt in 1986 when he was shot by Valerie Solanis 3 times, and was critically injured. Once he healed from his injury he was back in business creating art for the public, he wasn't creating much, but it was something. “During this period of time Warhol does very few works, commissioned portraits of artists friends and gallery owners.” (Klaus Honnef, “Warhol”) Throughout the years Andy was creating for many, and did some of the best art work out there, but unfortunately in 1987 Andy died from a failed
While I still feel there is a lot of under appreciation for things that are not fine arts related— Andy Warhol forced us to acknowledge the fact that art is all around us. Without Andy Warhol, there wouldn’t be nearly as many people upon the earth that could look around them, and simply appreciate those behind the making of their comfortable home and the film they’re watching on their beautiful, cozy furniture. Warhol opened us to what was all around us, but what we never really saw before. Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup series was important to the growth of our society, and I’d glad it’s here with us
Born Andrew Warhola August 6, 1928 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, this peculiar boy was different from the very beginning. He was an outsider in grade school mainly for the things he did. “Most of his peers from Holmes Elementary School looked up to athletes like Joe DiMaggio and played basketball themselves, but Andy’s idol was Shirley Temple” (Lowmiller 1). Andy showed a wonderful talent for drawing at an early age. It was not a surprise that his favorite pastime was drawing flowers. After becoming ill at 6 years old, Andy was confined to his bed. His family took their time to entertain him for hours by showing him how to draw, trace and print images. The love for drawing grew greater as Andy got older. Extremely smart for his age, Andy graduated Schenely High School early, at 16 years old, and in 1945, finished 51st in his class of 278 graduates. Later, after his father passed away in 1942, Andy continued his education and got accepted at Carnegie Institute of Technology three years later. He was the first of his family to ever go beyond high school. During the summer, Andy helped his oldest brother, Paul, sell fruits a...
Andy Warhol's experiences throughout his difficult and poverty-stricken early life are one among many possible explanations for Warhol's addiction to materialism later on in his life. Born on August 6, 1928 into the slums of Pittsburgh, Andy Warhol was the fourth child of working-class Slovakian immigrant parents who barely spoke English. As a child, Warhol developed chorea, an illness which causes abnormal involuntary movements. Consequently, this contributed to his isolation as a child as he was often bed-ridden and thus became an outcast at school (Gale American Decades). During his early years, he also developed a fascination for fame and recognition as he would constantly amass pictures of celebrities and movie sta...
Known for being the father of Pop Art, and a giant in pop culture, Warhol dominated the art scene from the late fifties up until his untimely death in 1987. However Warhol’s influence spread further then the art world, he also was a major player in the LGBT, avant-garde and experimental cinema movements. Born in 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Slovakian immigrant parents, Warhol came from humble beginnings. Becoming widely known for debuting the concept of ‘pop art’ in 1962. Warhol’s reach grew further when he started experimenting with film, becoming a major player in the LGBT, avant-garde and experimental cinema movements. Warhol’s artist studio, known famously as ‘The Factory’ became a hub for experimentation, and a go-to point for celebrities, musicians and trans folk. During this time, Warhol came out as an openly gay man, challenging the status quo of the day, a time when being homosexual was illegal. While also producing highly experiential films such as ‘Blow Job’ (1964) and ‘Sleep’ (1964) which were highly political and provocative, at the time. As art critic Dave Hickey asserts, “Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganized society and creates constituencies of people around it” (Hickey, 2007), Andy Warhol’s art and lived experience created a political constituency which can be best recognised in the function of the “Silver Factory” on
Pablo Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano Holy Trinity Clito Martyr Patricio Ruiz and Picasso was born October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain , parents of Jose Ruiz Blasco and Maria Picasso y López . Picasso had two younger sisters Dolores and Concepción , called Conchita , who died at the age of four. Conchita 's death affected Picasso in the coming years in later life . Picasso died in France in April 1973. Picasso 's family was middle class . His father, Ruiz , was a painter and most of his life Ruiz was a professor of art at the School of Crafts and a curator of a local museum. Ruiz encouraged his son and helped him with his art. Perhaps because of his parents work , Picasso had a love and a skill for drawing from an early age . In fact , his mother reported that his first word was pencil. His mother and father encouraged him to dream and both go their own way . "When I was a kid , my mother told me . ' If you become a soldier , you'll be a general If you become a monk you'll end up as the Pope ,'" recalled later. "Instead, I became a painter and ended up as Picasso. " ( Source A) It was obvious to her parents that Picasso had a natural ability as an artist and his ability only grew as he aged .
Warhol was one of the top graphic designers and highest paid in the 1950's for his work. He worked for most of the top fashion magazines and was recognized as having an artsy style that s...
Arts, the only art training that he would ever get. Even though as a child he was told he had no imagination he didn’t let that stop him from doing what he truly loved to do.
Pop art is an art movement that questions the traditions of fine art and incorporates images from popular culture. Neo-Dada is an art trend that shares similarities in the method and/or intent to Dada art pieces. Both these movements emerged around the same time periods in history, the 1950s and 1960s, and artists from both generally got their inspiration from the Dada movement, which developed in the early 20th century. The movement altered how people viewed art, and it presented a variety of new methods and styles. Dada artists, also known as Dadaists, believed in showing their anti-war beliefs through their artwork. The Dada movement produced a different style of art, and pieces created controversy because they were outside the realm of what society considered art and what was expected and acceptable. This set in motion a chance for artists to be able to create the kind of artwork that inspires them, even though it was considered unorthodox. Even though they were controversial, many pieces that were created during Dada heavily influenced other styles of art to come after, such as Neo-Dada and Pop art. The influence of Dada can be seen in Robert Rauschenberg’s work, who was a Neo-Dadaist, and it can also be seen through Andy Warhol’s work, a Pop artist. Even though Dada affected both artists, they created very different pieces. This paper will analyze Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans and Rauschenberg’s White Painting (Three Panel) and discuss how they were impacted differently by the Dada movement, and why they are each considered to be different styles of artwork. The time in history of each artist was the same, and the same movement influenced them both, but the outcome of the art that they each created was incredibly different....
The arts have influenced my life in amazing ways. Throughout my life, art has been the place I run to and my escape from the world. As I’ve grown older, art has become so much more than that. Every piece of art I create is a journey into my soul. It’s a priceless way to deal with my emotions and my struggles. I create art not only because I enjoy it and because I want to, but because I have to. Somewhere deep inside there is a driving force, urging me to put my heart down on paper. I become emotionally attached to each of my pieces because they are like dashes on the wall marking my growth. Each one is the solution to a problem I have dealt with and overcome.