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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…

Two years ago there was a storm that demolished the Eastern side of America. There was no chance of survival but thank god we made it alive. “ Excuse me!” “ Is she okay?” the little girl's voice asked. “Yes, I'm pretty sure. I mean she's still breathing,” a bold voice said. I slowly started opening my eyes. Straight ahead I saw grey and black clouds. I felt the heavy breeze move my hair in front of my face. My head was pounding, it felt as if someone hit the back of my head with a baseball bat.…

comic art. Although there was a descriptive background on the piece mentioning it is one of Lichtenstein's early work beginning his obsession of comic books. I knew the comic image was not any kind of comic art. The comic image in the exhibition was pop art an art movement during the 1960s that included another iconic artist Andy Warhol with his famous Campbell Soup Can displayed right next to the image. The interaction among people also gravitated on the mystery of the image while we will…

Andrew Warhola (Andy Warhol) was born on August 6th, 1928, in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His parents were Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants, and Andy was the youngest of 3. Andy attended Holmes School in Pittsburgh and attended free art classes at Carnegie Institute. Andy loved art, movies, and frequently went to the local cinema. When Andy was nine, he was given his first camera. Andy converted a section of his parent’s basement into a darkroom where he developed his pictures. In 1945 Andy attended…

the most successful artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was truly transcendent. His early works of commercial art and magazine spreads changed the way the world viewed magazines and newspapers. Andy Warhol has made a long lasting impact on the pop culture with his abstract paintings? Born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928, in Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol's parents were Slovakian immigrants. His father, Ondrej Warhola, was…

known as “pop art”. Warhol’s "Campbell's Soup Cans" and "Gold Marilyn Monroe" made him famous worldwide, and his studio,known as "The Factory," became a magnet for artists of the 60s counterculture. Andy Warhol was the most successful and highly paid artist and photographer in New York. Although he’s best known for his iconic paintings of soup cans and celebrities, Pop artist Andy Warhol was also an avid photographer and filmmaker. The nature of photography lent itself perfectly to Warhol's Pop…

Pop art originated from Britain in the 1950s. This genre of art has become one of the most influential genres. It has originated from Britain in the 1950s but gained the majority of its popularity in America in the 1960s. It had continued to gains its popularity until it was considered a dead genre in the 1970s. Despite this fact pop art is used for advertising in the current period of time. Pop art is most commonly referred to with the major artist of its peak such as Andy Warhol, Roy…

in the 60s towards the end of his career Warhol capitalized on that fact and brought him to life in Eight Elvises. In regards to the ‘Eight Elvises,’ Warhol is quoted as saying: “I always have to laugh, though, when I think of how Hollywood called Pop Art a put-on! Hollywood? I mean when you look at the kind of movies they were making then those were supposed to be real? This quote is very revealing, and offers clues as to Warhol’s intent in the Elvis series. Warhol has talked about this period…

Introduction Norman Rockwell was an American painter and an illustrator who is famously known for his contribution to the reflection of the past American culture. The painter was born on 1894, in New York City and died in the year 1978 ('Norman Rockwell: A Life'). Most of his popular artistic works were published in the Saturday Evening Post magazine for a period of more than fifty years. Norman’s early life indicated a desire in artwork, as he left high school at the age of fourteen to join the…

Pop art’s influences on American culture post World War II acted as a “cultural revolution” led by innovative artists, like Warhol, who used their art to influence the development of society. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s commentary of this piece stated, “What made these works significant was Warhol's co-opting of universally recognizable imagery, such as a Campbell's soup can, Mickey Mouse, or the face of Marilyn Monroe, and depicting it as a mass-produced item, but within a fine art…