Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol
Adapted From Presentations Created by Rock Ledge
Elementary Fine Art Program, Seymour, WI Original
Source http//www.seymour.k12.wi.us/rle/art/grade
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• Andy Warhol was a popular American print artist.
  Warhol printed pictures of ordinary objects. He
  also printed pictures of famous people.
• Andy Warhol helped create a style of art called
  Pop Art.

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• Andy Warhol created most of his artwork
  during the 1960s.
• This was an exciting time in popular culture. New
  kinds of music, art, books, and movies were being
  created. This inspired Warhol to look at
  art in a new way. Very Groovy!!!

1960's
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• Andy Warhol began his career as a
  commercial artist.
• A commercial artist is a person who creates
  pictures for commercial uses like advertising or
  illustrations in magazines or books.
• Andys drawings appeared in many fashion
  magazines.

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• Many commercial artists liked Warhols work.
• However some artists did not like Andys artwork.
  This upset Andy. He wanted people to think of him
  as a real artist and not just a magazine
  illustrator.
• So,Andy began creating pictures of ordinary
  objects and displaying the artwork in museums.

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Factory-Made Art

• Andy Warhol specialized in printing. That way he
  could make multiple copies of his pictures.
• He even named his studio The Factory, to
  encourage people to compare his art to
  manufacturing.

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• Andys art showed what was popular in American
  culture during the 1960s.
• It was different than anything that had been
  created before.

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Pop Art

• This style of art is called Pop Art because the
  subjects for his artwork came from popular
  culture.

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• A friend suggested Andy paint something that was
  so common people didnt see it as art. Warhol
  loved to eat soup. So he decided to paint cans of
  Campbells Soup.Warhol bought all the different
  kinds. Then he spent hours copying the cans on a
  white background.

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Repetition

• Warhol liked to make many pictures of the same
  thing.
• In 1962 a famous actress named Marilyn Monroe
  died. That same year he made a series of
  pictures of her.

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Andy Warhol-Pop Art Legend

• Today, Andy Warhol is remembered as one of the
  most important American artists.
• He helped make Pop Art important and popular
  around the world.
• For the first time, people realized that
  cartoons, movie stars, and soup cans could be
  art.