...The Founder of Pop Art: Andy Warhol Andy Warhol is the god father of Pop Art. His window advertisements were the beginning of an era where art would be seen in an array of forms away from the traditional paintings and sculptures of the old world. His love of bright colors and bold patters along with his quirky personality paved the way for his successful career as a major figure in the pop art movement. Warhol was born in 1930, in the town of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. His parents were Czech immigrants. After his father died, Andy was forced to support his family through odd jobs. He worked his way through Carnegie Tech., Pittsburgh where he studied commercial art. After graduation, Warhol moved to New York where he launched a successful career as an illustrator. He began producing “Pop” pictures in 1960 with works based on Popeye, Nancy and Dick Tracy comics. These early works were first shown as back drops for department store windows and were painted in loosely brushed style based on Abstract Expressionism. Warhol’s first works using comic material tended to soften hard professional gestures and aggressive vocabulary of the texts and images. Warhol countered the scrupulous accuracy of the original genre with imprecision and deliberate error. In doing so, he soiled the comic strips narrow-minded ideological and decorative purity. Andy Warhol’s next series, depicting the mass-produced goods of Compels Soup cans and Coke bottles, captured the clean-edged look...
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...Andy Warhol Looking back over the past century or so, there were few artists that really stood out and became household names. One of these people was Andy Warhol— “the soup can guy.” To set the tone let me give you a quote to chew on: “What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it.” –Andy Warhol Now, right off the bat, you can tell what kind of guy Warhol is, and his attitude toward life. Yes he took his art seriously but if you read his book The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) you will see that’s pretty much the only thing he really took seriously. Warhol, born Andrew Warhola on Aug. 6, 1928 , to Slovakian parents didn’t come from a well off family. His parents were working class immigrants in Pittsburgh. When Warhol was in third grade, he came down with St. Vitus’ Disease, a nerve disorder that causes involuntary movements and thought to be a complication of scarlet fever, which “changed his appearance and his life forever.” Despite this complication...
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...Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was born in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 6, 1928. In 1945, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Institute for Technology, where he studied pictorial design. He quickly moved to New York City, where he would develop the 1960s Pop art movements. He landed a job with Glamour magazine in September 1945, doing drawings. He also drew advertising for Vogue, Harper's Bazzar, book jackets, and holiday greeting cards. His first solo exhibition was held at Hugo Gallery, New York, in 1952. It featured drawings to illustrate stories by Truman Capote. (Hou, 1990) He received many accolades for his work, including the 35th Annual Art Directors Club Award for Distinctive Merit in 1956, and the 36th Annual Art Directors Club Medal and Award of Distinctive Merit in 1957. (Hou, 1990) In 1962, he exhibited the paintings of Campbell's soup cans, which has become a “Pop Art”icon. His most famous celebrity models include Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger and Mao Zedong.(Hou, 1990) His portrait " Eight Elvises" sold for $100 million dollars in 2008. It is known as one of the most valuable paintings in world history. (Hou, 1990) Warhol began to make his first paintings in 1960, based on comic strips and Coca-Cola bottles. In November 1964, opened his own art studio known as "The Factory",became know to frequent nightclubs like Studio 54 and Max's Kansas City,and began his self portrait series. (Hou, 1990) (Warhol...
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...and the other panel is in black and white, providing a severe contrast to the bright colours on the other panel. According to how heavily or thinly the screens were inked, some of them reproduce her facial features behind a black fade. In order to create its final coloured paintings, he would have built up the images in reverse. First he would have under painted the background and some of its colourful areas, like the pink face, the red lips and the golden hair, then over printed the silk-screened photographic image of the actress. It was constructed 4 months after Marilyn committed suicide in august 1962. Upon hearing the news of the stars passing, Andy Warhol began to construct a work of art in dedication to her, which some have come to believe represents the mortality of her glamorous life. It has been suggested that Andy Warhol wanted to touch on both the frailness of human life, and the presence that celebrities can have in the everyday life. Marilyn Monroe was a common name and the repetitiveness of her image in Marilyn diptych reinforces the fact everyone knew who she was. The colour scheme in both the hand panels reminds me that she, like all of us, will eventually fade away and that as bright as we may be at one point in our...
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...Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1928. His parents were Russian immigrants from Slovakia. When Andy was in 3rd grade, he was diagnosed with “scarlet fever”, which causes colored skin blotches. Repeated trips to the doctor caused Andy to become a “hypochondriac” (someone afraid of doctors, medicine, and hospitals). Often stuck in bed for days at a time, Andy was entertained by the radio and television, which he later described as an important influence on his artwork. In 1945, he entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology where he majored in graphic design. Upon graduation, Warhol moved to New York where he worked as an illustrator for several magazines including “Vogue”, “Harper's Bazaar” and “The New Yorker” and did advertising and window displays for many department stores. Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure known for his social circles of friends which included Hollywood celebrities, politicians, and wealthy families. In the 1950’s, the record industry was quickly expanding with vinyl records and hi-fi stereo equipment. Around 1950, RCA hired Andy Warhol and his artist friend, Sid Maurer, to create vinyl album covers and poster advertisements for the newest recording artists. This led to many important meetings with influential businessmen. Throughout the 1950’s, Warhol enjoyed a successful career winning several awards from the Art Director's Club and the American...
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...ReAnna Mancil Professor Delaney-Thomson Fine Arts Appreciation May 1, 2013 Andy Warhol Andy Warhol, who was born Andrew Warhol on August 6, 1928, was a very unique artist. He used many mediums, including writing, film-making, sculpture, and photography. But he became known as a pop artist using printmaking, particularly silkscreen printing. The prints are extraordinarily colorful and vibrant, which is what catches the onlookers eye. The artworks known as “Marilyn” and “Skulls” are two works that catch my eye. I love bright and colorful, very visual art work, yet I am a very plain and “gray” type of person and I think that is why I love it. As a child, we were poor and lived in a shabby house and nothing was colorful so when I do see colorful objects, I find myself drawn to them. The above two art works mentioned of Andy Warhol inspire and draw something in me. When Marilyn Monroe died, Warhol decided to use her photo for silkscreen art. He was interested in morbid things so upon her death, he began the process of taking the blown up photo and transferring it in glue onto silk, then rolling ink across it creating the images. It is easy to see that Warhol may have felt kindred to Marilyn; they both were ”Hollywood” and yet odd. Both had a care free type of life. To me, the colorful interpretation “Marilyn” of it has make Marilyn Monroe immortal. I have always liked Marilyn Monroe because of how timeless she was. I do not like Hollywood, and though she is Hollywood, it seems...
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...Andy Warhol was one of the most imaginative, thought-provoking, and influential artists of the twentieth century. He was a key figure in the development of Pop Art, an artistic movement originating in the 1960s. Pop Art was an alternative to the art style Abstract Expressionism. Abstract Expressionism was serious, philosophical, and most people found it hard to understand. Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko where stars of this style. In Pop Art, common objects are the subject of the artwork. Artists like Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein took inspiration from comic strips, commercial goods, and advertising. Warhol's art was a commentary on our consumerist society and would inspire both outrage and delight alike. He was also fascinated by fame and the famous, creating silk-screen images of celebrities. Warhol challenged accepted ideas of what art should be and was responsible for breaking down the barrier between art and commercial design. When Andy Warhol was alive he was very mysterious about his origins. He would often make up a different story every time he was asked. After his death the truth's about where he came from was released. Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Slovakian immigrants Ondrej and Julia Warhola. He had two older brothers John and Paul. In 1929 Andy's father had his gallbladder removed. The surgery didn't immediately kill him but it did lead to his death years later. It was an ironic sense of foreshadowing...
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...1)Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 and died on February 22, 1987. He was a famous American artist who used 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. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a well-known and sometimes controversial artist. 2)Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. Pop art emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. The movement had grown very large by the 1960’s. Pop art challenges the traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as news or by responding to clever advertisements. Pop art often incorporates irony and consumer goods and usually with very bright colours. Artists often used pop art to communicate to people and let everybody know their thoughts on different issues. Most pop art are variations of well known, everyday objects. 3)Warhol’s works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement. Throughout the course of his pop art era he focused on four main subjects: product paintings, cartoon paintings, movie stars, and death. These paintings showed popular consumer items that were familiar to the average American person, such as Brillo soap pads, Coca-Cola bottles, and...
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...The Andy Griffith Show and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. "The Andy Griffith Show" was one of the most popular and successful series in television history. It ranked among the top ten shows in the nation during each of its eight seasons, from 1960 to 1968. Over thirty years later, the 249 episodes still remain some of the most frequently watched syndicated shows on television. The series pilot originally aired as an episode of Make Room For Daddy, a popular sitcom starring Danny Thomas. The synopsis of “The Andy Griffith Show” was that Andy Taylor played by Andy Griffith, was a sheriff of a small rural town called Mayberry in North Carolina with a population of 1800. The show depicts Andy's attempts to raise his young son Opie, played by Ron Howard, trying to control his babbling but funny deputy, Barney played by Don Knotts, all while trying to maintain law in a virtually crime-free town. Andy also lives with his Aunt Bee, who helps take care of Opie. There were also a whole bunch of characters that made up the show including scatterbrained Floyd the Barber and the service station attendant, Gomer Pyle. This show portrayed American small-town life during simpler times and where more traditional values were respected. The Andy Griffith Show was a part of a trend in programs at that time in which the main characters were naïve simple minded but honest and hardworking people from the American Heartland. By the late 1960s, however, many viewers, especially young ones, were...
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...HANDY ANDY INC. Case 7-1 1. Is this a customer service problem? Why or why not? The issues that Jose` Ortega discovered concerning Handy Andy are customer service problems. The customer does not recognize the separate segments of the supply chain; they only acknowledge the supply chain as Handy Andy as a whole entity. There were several “service failures” throughout this case. Although it was not noted that there were lost, damaged or incorrect deliveries; there was still a disconnect in service that left the affected customers dissatisfied. Service failures dictate crucial “moments of truth” for a retailer and its customers. These moments are vital to whether a customer will repeat business with the retailer. The first service failure discovered was that factory distributors were stealing the current customers of the smaller retailers by discrediting the retailers and Handy Andy, Inc. The customers were told they would not get quality service unless they dealt directly with the factory distributors. It was also noted that Handy Andy’s warranty policy came under attack. Second, some customers stated that when they ordered units from the retailer, the delivery too longer than expected, some units were never installed and the installation technician rarely spoke to them. These practices undermined the customer expectations and negatively affected customer loyalty. In this case, Handy Andy’s customers are unlikely to repatronage a company that seemed untrustworthy...
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...Name ENGL 2303 ___ 23 Jun 2010 The Life of Andy Warhol Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Andy Warhol and the artistic contributions he made to society. Thesis: I will accomplish this by discussing his background information, his contribution to Pop Art, and some of his other areas of artistic interest. Introduction I. I will use a statement that draws attention to how much Andy Warhol influenced art in the 20th century. II. I will establish my credibility by how and where I researched the information about Warhol. III. The purpose is to inform my audience about Andy Warhol and the artistic contributions he made to society. A. This will give background information about Andy Warhol’s life and important events. B. This will tell how he was a part of the art style Pop Art and what he did with this. C. This will tell what other types of creative work he did such as fashion and filmmaking. (Transition: Before we get into his art, I’d like to discuss how his life started out and some personal information about him.) Body I. I will tell about Andy Warhol’s upbringing and special events in his life from the print source “The Wigged Out World of Andy Warhol” by Todd Lyon A.Warhol started from humble beginnings: he was born in a Catholic household and was ill so he stayed in his room much of the time with comic books. B. His father died when he was 14 years old and he used the money left behind to attend the Carnegie Institute...
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...Being a printmaking major I was very interested in work done by Andy Warhol. Learning about his history, techniques and why he does some of the things he does was the reason I picked him to write this research paper. I have selected three different authors that have both similar and different opinions for Warhol. They each talk about specific pieces and talk about different aspects that support the reasons they have in their opinion for Warhol. To start off I will be talking about the opinions I have towards this artist. Printmaking is the process of printing on normally paper in which the artist uses ink to convey multiple images that do not necessarily have a photographic look to them. This allows an artist to manipulate images and able...
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...Andy Warhol’s Subject Matter of the 1960s During the 1960s, Andy Warhol decided to experiment with pop art, a style of art that developed in England during the mid-1950s and produced realistic variations of well-known, everyday objects. He moved away from his technique of the blotted line and instead used canvas and paint. At first he had difficulty choosing what he was going to paint, but throughout the course of his pop art era he focused on four main subjects: product paintings, cartoon paintings, movie stars, and death. His first versions of pop art were called product paintings. These paintings showed popular consumer items that were familiar to the average American person, such as Brillo soap pads, Coca-Cola bottles, and the most famous of all, Campbell’s soup cans. He chose products such as these because they were top-selling products in the United States and they were considered important, useful, and economical by consumers. He drew his inspiration from the leftover Campbell’s soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles that he used at lunch. Andy Warhol’s second type of paintings was drawn from comic strips and comic books. Examples of these cartoon paintings include Dick Tracy (1961) and Superman (1960). Although he had begun to produce these before the product paintings, this phase lasted only a short period of time – once he discovered that Roy Lichtenstein was also painting characters from comic strips (seen in Castelli’s Gallery), he decided that he needed to find a different...
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...Andy Warhol is an artist that managed to take something from our everyday's live and depict it into nearly identical pieces of art. One example of this would be his Campbell's soup cans painting. He drew and painted 32 nearly identical cans of soup and managed to make it into art. To me Andy’s Campbell’s soup cans are a different take on art. He found a way to show that art isn’t just people and scenery, it can be anything, even 32 soup cans. In my opinion Andy Warhol’s soup cans is art. It may not be colorful, vibrant, or based off a pretty picture of trees, but it is art. The case may be that when Andy first unveiled this painting people didn’t consider it art, maybe it didn’t fit in with the art types in the era of 1962 but in today's world,...
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...The rise of mass media during the 1940’s - 1960’s contributed greatly to the growing presence of popular imagery in society. Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol are two artist who questioned the value of art during this era. They did so primarily by taking an experimental approach to their works, such as using the silkscreen, as well as demonstrated a unique view on artistic authorship. Both Rauschenberg and Warhol shifted from a conceptual outlook and pushed the boundaries on what was considered to be socially acceptable art. Robert Rauschenberg pushed the traditionally established parameters of art due to the experimental approach that he took. This in turn created opportunities as well as influenced the young artists who will come to...
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