The American artist Andy Warhol, whose real name
Andrew Warhola,
in Pennsylvania in 1928 and
in New York in 1987.
He
the son of Czech immigrants. He
at Carnegie Institute of Technology and
an advertising artist in New York, which he
. He
for magazines like The New Yorker.
He
to paint, beginning with pictures of Popeye in 1960. But he
comics when he
that Liechtenstein
them.
So he
to copy mass-market products using
silk-screen painting. He
Campbell’s soup can
labels and Coca-Cola bottles the stars of his pictures. His works
quickly successful.
In 1962 he
to work on photographs of stars, like the now-famous Marilyn series. His technique
to take black-and-white photos, colour them in and then silk-screen them. He
the king of Pop Art and
over the New York underground art scene. The Factory, his workshop,
in 1962 and
many cultural
events including concerts by Lou Reed’s Velvet Underground rock band.
Warhol
world-famous as a painter, music producer, actor and art-world figure.
Although he
still controversial, a lot of his work
and studied
since his death. He
as one of the most famous 20th century artists.