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Andy Warhol. John Lennon. 1985-86. Synthetic polymer and silkscreen on canvas. 40 x 40 1/8in. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA,(May-October 2005). The artwork I have chosen to describe by Andy Warhol is John Lennon. It is done with synthetic polymer and silkscreen on canvas. I think this piece of art is very different. It’s a realistic painting in the fact that it is based off of the actual person, John Lennon. It is a little abstract because the colours aren’t how you’d normally see a…

Dennis Stock was born July 4, 1928, in tThe Bronx, New York City, NY. Stock had a love for photography early on in life but decided to join the army instead of pursuing the art. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1947 through 1951. When he was discharged Stock decided to try and earn an apprenticeship with Gjon Mili. While working, Stock was mostly placed in Holloywood settings after joining Magnum in 1951. Stock began to make it in the industry after his apprenticeship with Life magazine's…

contemporary culture, society and intuition to visualize it. I think Andy Warhol was one of the artists that expresses his creative business management skills. He chose subjects and materials from generally well known things, such as coke bottles, soup and other everyday objects, and popular masterpieces of popular masters such as popular stars and mass media events, accidents, deaths and the Last Supper . It has broadened the range of art and artists by showing that it is possible not…

In contrast to Andy Warhol’s fascination with fame and materialism, it is important to consider the background he came from. Born with the original name of Andrew Warhola, he was from a humble background, with Slovakian immigrant parents—a construction worker as a father and an embroiderer as a mother. When Warhol was once asked where he was from, he replied with a cryptic “I am from nowhere” with this nowhere being Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Warhol has always been private about the details and…

show Andy Warhol exploring the theme of death. Andy Warhol was the most successful and highly paid commercial illustrator in New York even before he began to make art destined for galleries. Nevertheless, his screen printed images of Marilyn Monroe, soup cans, and sensational…

Savannah Price 4th Period Compare and Contrast of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein Throughout the past centuries, different styles of art have risen to the surface. The art style that came into focus from the mid 1950s in Britain, even into the 1990s in Russia, was Pop Art. Pop Art was a way for modern artist to challenge what tradition told them, and to be able to create a parallel where art could be included in such things as advertisements and posters. Pop Art…

was the one of the most successful highly paid commercial illustrator. This was all before he began to make art. He is very famous for his screen printing of Marilyn Monroe and soup cans. He became synonymous with Pop art due to some of his work.He was one of Pop art’s most famous artists. He was famous for the Campbell’s Soup can label. On the label he had many pictures of Marilyn…

The question about these movements is: What exactly are they, who lead them or played a part in them, where did they take place, when did they happen, why did they happen, and so what? What's so important about it? It started in the 1950's. World War II ended, and our economy was in a major boom, along with our population, after the end of the war, Abstract Expressionism was discovered. The counterculture movement was important, it set the stage for social movements. During the 1960’s, Andy…

A Big inspiration to the Pop Art movement that started in the 1950’s. His Campbell’s Soup and Marilyn Monroe Paintings Made him a really famous painter in the Twenty First Century. Andy Warhol changed the world by Showing color in his paintings and showing what would happen if it was a different color in every different painting he did. He made it iconic and popular especially with his marolyn and campbell’s soups. Born in August 16, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the fourth child…

Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died on February 22 of 1987 at the age of 58. In his 58 years on this Earth, Warhol was recognized for his incredible artistic abilities. Although he is known as the godfather of Pop art, Warhol also dabbled in a wide variety of art forms, including performance art, filmmaking, video installations and writing. Warhol’s father noticed Warhol’s’ artistic talent at an early age, and paid for his college education at Carnegie…