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·Born: August 1928 in Pennsylvania

·Died: February 1987 in New York

· Pop-Art artist

When Warhol graduated from college in 1949 he moved to New York City to pursue a career as a commercial artist. He started working with Glamour magazine and became one of the most successful commercial artists in the 1950s. He won several awards for his odd and unique style. He painted portraits of famous people. Some of the most famous ones are paintings of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger and Mao Zedong. He also opened his own art studio, which was a large silver-painted warehouse that he called “The Factory”. It became one of New York’s most booked party location for wealthy celebrities and socialites, such as Lou Reed. Warhol experimented with several forms of media, including books and video art. He wrote books like The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Exposures.  Warhol produced more than 60 films during his career. Sleep, which shows the poet John Giorno sleeping for six hours, and Eat, in which a man eats mushrooms for 45 minutes, are some of his most famous ones. In the 1980s he worked in sculpture and photography and hosted Andy Warhol’s TV and Andy Warhol’s Fifteen Minutes on TV.

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-developed in the 1950s & 60s
-created by Eduardo Paolozzi

-pop artists: Andy Warhol

Roy Lichtenstein
Richard Hamilton

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Andy Warhol wanted to be Walt Disney himself, wherease Harings dream was it to work at Disney. Andy stated once that his favorite Character is Minnie Mouse, because she could get him closer to Mickey. His illustration of Andy Mouse is supposed to be as iconic as the Disney Dollar

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In the 1960s in the USA, pop art was famous for its mordern art techniques and methodes in styles, themes, popular culture. It differs from traditional "high art" themes.

Key Ideas

Pop art make a connection between art and low culture.

Artists show in their artworks that everything(=soul) is connected.

Pop art is generally a  uncertain feeling.

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Pop art is the abbreviation for popular art. It's a modern art, which was developed in the 1950s and 1960s. It was created in London in 1952 by Eduardo Paolozzi. He was a Scottish artist and sculptor. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Richard Hamilton are examples of pop artists. Pop art uses techniques from popular mass culture and mass media, as for example from comic books. That's why so many people like and are interested in it. Maralyn Monroe
by Andy Warhol