Summary of pop art.

Andy warhol famous pop art pieces background. It was this technique that would become warhol s most definitive style. Campbell s soup can andy warhol united states pennsylvania pittsburgh 1928 1987 united states 1964 paintings oil on canvas andy warhol s serial images which have become synonymous with the pop art movement question the role of commodities and advertising in american culture. Warhol created several works on the coke bottle. Andy warhol soup cans painting completed in.

51 cm x 41 cm location. Museum of modern. Pop art is an art movement that has its roots in the united kingdom and the united states and makes use of imagery from popular and mass cultures such as cultural objects celebrities comic books and advertising. Oxidation or urine painting.

In fact one of his most famous quotes revolves around it. Warhol took the black and white image of mao from his little red book mao s famous communist publication and created hundreds of different sized canvases of the totalitarian ruler. Andy warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s pop art movements. It was simple quick and he could perform slight modifications to the same photo over and over again.

She ended her life that same month and her beautiful face as well as her fame seemed a great foundation for his repetitive print and cartoon like artwork. Best paintings by andy warhol. The american artist who was also a director and producer in. Coca cola 3 is a hand painted work unlike his later silkscreens.

One of the artists who shaped the pop art movement is andy warhol christened andrew warhol was born on august 6 1928. Some of these paintings are as large as 15 feet x 10 feet a scale evoking the dominating nature of mao s rule over china and the awesome cult of. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms including performance art. The painting was sold for 57 2 million making it one of warhol s most expensive paintings ever sold.

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