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Andy Warhol Paintings |
Daisy, c. 1982 (fuchsia & yellow)
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Daisy, c. 1982 (Blue on Blue)
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Gallery Description
The American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol – earlier Andrew Warhol, was born in 1928. He is considered a founder and major figure of the POP ART movement. He majored in pictorial design from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1945. He got his first break in August 1949, when Glamour Magazine wanted him to illustrate a feature entitled "Success is a Job in New York". He continued doing ads and illustrations and by 1955, was the most successful and imitated commercial artist in New York. In 1960 he produced the first of his paintings depicting enlarged comic strip images - such as Popeye and Superman - initially for use in a window display. Warhol pioneered the development of the process whereby an enlarged photographic image is transferred to a silk screen that is then placed on a canvas and inked from the back. This technique enabled him to produce the series of mass-media images - repetitive, yet with slight variations. The famous ones are those incorporating such items as Campbell's Soup cans, dollar bills, Coca-Cola bottles, and the faces of celebrities. These can be taken as comments on the banality, harshness, and ambiguity of American culture.
He founded inter/VIEW magazine in 1969. He continued to paint portraits until his death in 1987.
We have brought a collection of Andy Warhol paintings, posters and prints for you.
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Friday, September, 3 rd
2010
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