Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928. He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Pictorial Design in 1949. Soon after graduation, he moved to New York City to begin his career as a commercial designer. His career began as an illustrator, and throughout the 1950’s he began to gain notable success. Many of his works were based on image sources which would continue to influence his practice throughout his career.

In the early 1960’s, Warhol became prominent in the Art Pop movement and transitioned out of the commercial art world into fine art. His Campbell’s Soup Cans series launched him to fame, and he began working on series of celebrity portraits, including Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Elizabeth Taylor. His art spoke to his obsession with cultural trends and consumer-driven America. Warhol produced a prolific body of work during his career which in addition to fine art included film, performance art, photography, and sculpture. His signature grainy, repeating and strikingly colored images were formed using the photo-silk-screening technique.

In 1963, with his career expanding, Warhol moved his studio to a former hat factory. This space would come to be known as the iconic Factory. It was home to the many art-world parties and creative endeavors of Warhol. Also true to its name, The Factory was where Warhol created an assembly line type production system which led to his prolific output. This “business art” allowed him to experiment creatively with other projects including his famous Mao series, and he continued to expand his art with the changing times. Warhol died unexpectedly from surgical complications in New York City on February 22, 1987.

Today, Warhol’s work can be found in permanent collections, internationally, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others. A major retrospective of Warhol’s work took place at the Whiney Museum of Art in New York in 2019.

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