Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist
who was a leading figure in the
visual art movement known as
pop art. His
works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture
and advertisement that flourished by the 1960. After a successful career as
a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes
controversial artist.
The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city,Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It
is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.
Warhol's art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing,
painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music.
He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that
were introduced in 1984, two years before his death. He founded Interview
Magazine
and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of
Andy Warhol
and Popism : The Warhol Sixties.He is also notable as a gay
man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement. His studio,
The Factory, was a famous gathering place that brought together distinguished
intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights,
Bohemian street people, Hollywood
celebrities, and wealthy patrons.
Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective
exhibitions, books, and
feature and documentary films. He coined the widely used expression
"
15 minutes of fame". Many of his creations are very collectible and highly
valuable. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US$100 million for
a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises.The private transaction was reported in a
2009 article in
The Economist, which described Warhol as the "
bellwether of
the art market".
[1] Warhol's works include some of the
most expensive paintings
ever sold.
This is a artwork of Andy Warhol also,this is a famous among this world called
Michael Jackson.He is the famous number one black artist that grow in music
indusrty so fast.He also has been known the King of Pop.Nick name was (MJ).
