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Andrew Warhola or Andy Warhol was an American artist, producer, and director, but mostly known as a proponent or leading figure in an artistic movement known as Pop Art.

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Andrew Warhola or Andy Warhol was an American artist, producer, and director, but mostly known as a proponent or leading figure in an artistic movement known as Pop Art.

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EARLY LIFE

  • Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928, in the neighborhood of Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Andy Warhol’s parents were Slovakian Immigrants.
  • His father was Ondrej Warhola, a construction worker.
  • His mother was Julia Warhola, an embroider.
  • Warhol’s parents were devoted to their faith as Byzantine Catholics and attended mass regularly.
  • Slovakian culture and heritage was maintained in their household while living in Pittsburgh’s Eastern European territory.
  • Warhol was eight when he contracted a rare disease known as Chorea — also known as St. Vitus’s Dance — the disease was sometimes fatal.
  • It affected Warhol’s nervous system and left him bedridden for months.
  • While Warhol was sick in bed, his mother taught him his first drawing lessons, and drawing became Warhol’s favorite childhood pastime.
  • His mother bought him a camera at the age of nine as he was a fan of films.
  • He set up a makeshift darkroom in their basement and developed a film.
  • Warhol attended Holmes Elementary school.
  • Warhol took the free art classes offered at the Carnegie Institute, now known as the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.
  • Warhol suffered from another tragedy when his father passed away from a jaundiced liver in 1942 when he was only 14 years old.
  • When Warhol could not attend his father’s funeral, he became so upset that he hid under his bed throughout the wake.
  • Ondrej, Warhol’s father, had recognized his son’s artistic talents in his will, so he decided that his life savings would go toward Warhol’s college education.
  • Warhol began at Schenley High School in the same year his father died.
  • Upon graduating, in 1945, he enrolled at the Carnegie Institute for Technology, now known as Carnegie Mellon University, and studied pictorial design.

ARTISTIC LIFE

  • Warhol graduated from college with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1949.
  • Warhol moved to New York to become a commercial artist.
  • He removed the ‘a’ in his last name to become Warhol.
  • In September, Warhol signed a contract with Glamour Magazine. Soon enough, he became one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s, winning several awards for his unique and whimsical style.
  • His method used his own blotted line technique and rubber stamps to create his drawings.

WARHOL AND POP ART

  • Warhol debuted the concept of Pop Art in 1961, as he devoted his painting to focusing on mass-produced commercial goods.
  • Warhol described Pop Art in his own words as “Once you ‘got’ pop, you could never see a sign the same way again. And once you thought pop, you could never see America the same way again.”
  • Warhol was also famous for painting portraits of celebrities and figures in vivid, immensely bright or showy colors.
  • Warhol’s famous portraits subjects include Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger, and Mao Tse-tung.

POP ART

  • Pop art is a trend or movement in art that came from the United Kingdom and the United States during the middle to the end of the 1950s.
  • The movement tended to challenge the traditions of fine art as it included images from popular and mass culture, such as advertising, comic books, and everyday or mundane cultural objects.
  • It is aimed to oppose popular, what is understood by many, to be elitist, what is understood by few.
  • Andy Warhol’s work explores the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture.
  • He used several materials or mediums, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture.
  • Andy Warhol’s notable works were:
  • Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962)
    • It was produced between November 1961 and March of 1962.
    • It consists of 32 canvases with paintings of a Campbell’s Soup can, varying according to the flavors the company was producing at that time.
    • The paintings were produced using silkscreening.
  • Marilyn Diptych (1962)
    • The silkscreen paintings depict the celebrity Marilyn Monroe.
  • Chelsea Girls (1966)
    • An underground film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey.
    • It was Andy Warhol’s first film that succeeded commercially, after making avante-garde art films, or films that are made in an unusual, experimental film.

DEATH

  • Andy Warhol suffered from a chronic disease in his gall bladder in his later life.
  • The complications in his body resulted in a cardiac arrest, causing his death on 22 February 1987.

LEGACY

  • Warhol’s personal life was quite mysterious and therefore, has been the subject of much debate.
  • He is widely believed to have been a gay man as his art often featured homoerotic imagery and motifs.
  • However, Warhol claimed that he remained a virgin for his entire life.
  • His paintings of distorted brand images and celebrity faces could be read as a criticism of what Warhol viewed as a culture that is obsessed with money and celebrity.
  • However, in his book, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, he wrote that “making money is art and working is art, and good business is the best art.”

Andy Warhol Worksheets

This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about Andy Warhol across 23 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use Andy Warhol worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about Andrew Warhola or Andy Warhol who was an American artist, producer, and director, but mostly known as a proponent or leading figure in an artistic movement known as Pop Art.

Complete List Of Included Worksheets

  • Andy Warhol Facts
  • About Andy
  • Pop Art Pioneer
  • Andy’s Creations
  • Describing Andy
  • Mind of an Artist
  • Andy’s Influences
  • Silkscreen Steps
  • Pop Artists
  • Warhol’s Legacy
  • Art Inspired by Andy

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