andy warhol - pop art

Andy Warhol is a great artist and he is known all over the world for his outstanding work. After studying fine art in college, Warhol moved to New York City and began illustrating for magazines and creating advertisements. He became very popular, especially for his drawings of shoes. Warhol's artwork ranged in many forms of media that include hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1985, just before his death in 1987.

During the 1960s, Warhol began creating the paintings he is best known for today. Warhol loved pop culture and he decided to paint what he loved.Warhol painted large pictures of Coca-Cola bottles, Campbell’s soup cans, and dollar bills That are still observed by the public and other artists today. He also painted pictures of celebrities, and he painted a beautiful multicoloured image of Marilyn Monroe that became of of his most famous pieces. It was during the 1960s that Warhol began to make paintings of iconic American objects such as dollar bills, mushroom clouds, electric chairs, Campbell's Soup Cans, Coca-Cola bottles, celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando, Troy Donahue, Muhammad Ali and Elizabeth Taylor, as well as newspaper headlines or photographs of police dogs attacking civil rights protesters.

Andy Warhol's work leaves you wanting to see more of it as it is bold and beautiful, his work intrigues me and i believe that the bright colours were used as they make things bolder and show that the image was made to be happy and warm looking. I recommend that people who haven't seen his work should take a look at his creations as it is inspirational as well as beautiful.