V I S U A L A RT S

ANDY WARHOL

ANDY WARHOL

• Born August 6th, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology

• Famous American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker

• Leading figure of the Visual Arts Movement

COMMERCIAL ART (1949-1961)

• Career in magazine illustration and advertising

• Whimsical ink drawings for shoe advertisements

• Expanded to album covers and promotional materials

• Glamour magazine and Columbia records

FINE ART (1962-1967)

• Also know as Pop Art

• Imitates methods, styles, and themes of popular culture and mass media that is reflected in comic strips, advertising, and science fiction

• Aspects of everyday American life

1950’S

• 1955 “Green and Yellow Shoe”

• Commercial Art

• Simple line drawing

• Painted

• “Shoe bright, shoe light, first shoe I’ve seen tonight”

1950’S

• 1958 “The Magic Porridge Pot”

• Commercial Art

• Simple line drawing • Painted

• Playful and fun images

1960’S

• 1967 “The Velvet Underground and Nico”

• Commercial Art

• “Peel slowly”

1960’S

• 1968 “Campbell’s Soup Cans”

• Pop Art

• Painting

• Established Warhol’s Reputation

1970’S

• 1975/1976 “Mick Jagger”

• Pop Art

• Painting and silkscreen

• Graffiti style

1970’S

• 1973 “Mao Zedong”

• Pop Art

• Painting and silkscreen

• Graffiti style

COMPARISON

1950’s 1960’s

COMPARISON

1960’s 1970’s

OVERALL COMPARISON

1950’s 1960’s 1970’s

VISUAL ARTS ICON

• Died February 22nd, 1987 in New York City

• Foundation dedicated to the “advancement of the visual arts”

• Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THE MESSAGE

•Behind every artist is the same questions:

• 1) Develop an idea, question, or problem that is guided by art

• 2) Apply the arts to communicate and improve daily life and solve problems

IMAGES

• Powderrun, “Andy Warhol”, April 4th 2007, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.

• Ian Burt, “The Velvet Underground and Nico 1967”, January 5th 2006, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.

• Punxsutaweneyphil, “Campbell’s Soup Cans”, March 4th 2009, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.

• Ian Burt, “Andy Warhol-Mick Jagger 1975”, May 2nd 2006, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.

• Istolenthetv, “Warhol-Mao”, October 29th 2005, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.

• Banalities, “Warhol-Roy Snell”, July 10th 2007, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.

RESOURCES

•Slide 2- Artquotes, “Andy Warhol Biography”, http://www.artquotes.net/masters/warhol-biography.htm•Slide 4- Farlex, “Pop Art”, 2010, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pop+art•Slide 14- Artquotes, “Andy Warhol Biography”, http://www.artquotes.net/masters/warhol-biography.htm