Andy Warhol (updated)

Andy Warhol was the most influential figure in the Pop  art Movemnt that came up in the united states and Great Britain. During his career Warhol produced paintings, Films, Print ads and other works of art.

He became a successful commercial artist and graphic designer for Tiffany's, Bonwit Teller's, Vogue, Glamour, The New York Times and other magazines and department stores. In 1960 he started a series of illustrations based on comic strips, such as Superman and Dick Tracy, and on Coca-Cola bottles.

Pop Art - the art of popular culture. 2014. Pop Art - the art of popular culture. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/pop_art.htm. [Accessed 3 February 2014].


Based on the research that I have done Andy Warhol happens to be  one of the most influential artists that existed during the second half of the 20th century. Warhal was a commercial illustrator which happened to be in New York. Worhol's art works of Marilyn Monroe,the soup cans and his news paper stories were the highlight of the pop art Movement. 

One can clearly notice that Worhol's art works were very decorative and most of his artworks were comic. Although he was the key figure of the pop art movement what mad him popular and the pioneer of almost all visual arts were his experimentation he did with images and media. 

Through the art work of Marilyn Monroe which is his most famous i noticed that Warho liked to experiment with colour. The art work of Marilyn Monroe is a silkscreen print on canvas and the same image is repeated but with different colours. 

Andy Warhol's art work Features :

• strong contrast between the main image and its background
• the use of vibrant colour
• large areas of flat colours.  

Warhol made a series of paintings paying tribute to Marilyn Monroe. Warhol based this portrait on a publicity still from the 1953 film Niagara. He painted the background gold before silkscreening the boldly colored face in the center, adding black to show her features. Even as Warhol canonizes Monroe, he reveals her public persona as a carefully structured illusion.

The poster for the Cambel soup can and other mundane objects both piqued delighted the art, public and soon enough brought him fame. Warhol was also an avant-grade filmmaker, record producer, author and public figure known for his membership in widely diverce social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrates, and wealthy aristocrats, Worhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, and documentary films

References

Andy Warhol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2014. Andy Warhol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol. [Accessed 03 February 2014].

Campbell's Soup Cans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2014. Campbell's Soup Cans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_Soup_Cans. [Accessed 03 February 2014].