- Andy Warhol - Wikipedia
Drawing on imagery from advertising, mass media, and celebrity culture, he transformed everyday consumer goods and familiar icons—such as Campbell's Soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, and Brillo boxes—into renowned artworks, establishing himself as a leading figure in the Pop art movement
- Biography - The Andy Warhol Museum
Warhol graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Pictorial Design in 1949 and soon after moved to New York City to pursue a career as a commercial artist
- Andy Warhol - Death, Art Facts - Biography
Andy Warhol was one of the most prolific and popular artists of his time, using both avant-garde and highly commercial sensibilities
- Andy Warhol | Biography, Pop Art, Campbell Soup, Artwork . . .
Andy Warhol, American artist and filmmaker, an initiator and leading exponent of the Pop art movement of the 1960s whose mass-produced art apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the United States
- Andy Warhol Paintings, Prints+, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
Andy Warhol was the most successful and highly paid commercial illustrator in New York even before he began to make art destined for galleries Nevertheless, his screenprinted images of Marilyn Monroe, soup cans, and sensational newspaper stories, quickly became synonymous with Pop art
- Andy Warhol 1928–1987 | Tate
Andy Warhol ( ; born Andrew Warhola Jr ; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century
- Andy Warhol - MoMA
The paintings marked a breakthrough for Warhol, who had previously worked as a commercial illustrator: they were among his first works based on consumer goods, and among the first to embrace serial repetition
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