Andy Warhol was notable as a gay man who lived openly before the gay liberation. He was born on August 6th, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Warhol was an American artist influenced by several other artists. Some artists would be Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Truman Capote. He was mostly known for his famous pop art but also did printmaking, painting, cinema, and photography. One of the nicknames that were given to him was “The Pope of Pop”. Some of his most famous artworks from 1962 are the Campbell’s soup cans, Marilyn Diptych, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, Gold Marilyn Monroe and Men in Her Life. A few of his pieces from 1963 are the Eight Elvises, Silver Car Crash and Triple Elvis. One of his films was an experimental
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His first job was working for Glamour Magazine as an illustrator and won several awards for his work. In order to reward himself, he took his friend Charles Lisanby with him on a round-the-world vacation trip. His trip was for three months, from June 16th to August 12th in 1956. Pop Art is art based on modern popular culture and the mass media. Andy Warhol started concentrating on painting realistic everyday items in the 60’s. His art changed the world views because not only did people admire his artwork and pieces, but they started making it a fashion. Designers started making clothing with Warhol’s art on it. For example, when the Campbell’s soup cans first came out, Manhattan socialites started wearing soup-can printed dresses to high-society events. Even to this day, fashion companies are still taking advantage of his wonderful work and making clothing to sell. Warhol’s art has had an influence on our world still even two decades his death. Andy Warhol was the most successful and highly paid commercial illustrator and artist in New York even before he started to make to make artwork for
His first job was working for Glamour Magazine as an illustrator and won several awards for his work. In order to reward himself, he took his friend Charles Lisanby with him on a round-the-world vacation trip. His trip was for three months, from June 16th to August 12th in 1956. Pop Art is art based on modern popular culture and the mass media. Andy Warhol started concentrating on painting realistic everyday items in the 60’s. His art changed the world views because not only did people admire his artwork and pieces, but they started making it a fashion. Designers started making clothing with Warhol’s art on it. For example, when the Campbell’s soup cans first came out, Manhattan socialites started wearing soup-can printed dresses to high-society events. Even to this day, fashion companies are still taking advantage of his wonderful work and making clothing to sell. Warhol’s art has had an influence on our world still even two decades his death. Andy Warhol was the most successful and highly paid commercial illustrator and artist in New York even before he started to make to make artwork for