Pop Art

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Pop Art

• Looking at
• Andy Warhol
• By Robbyne Teel

Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Can, 1965
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What is Pop Art?

• Pop Art was first defined in Britain during the
  1950s.
• The artists had a large interest in the mass
  media, advertising, comics and consumer products.

Andy Warhol Jackie, 1964
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• Pop Art occurred mainly in Britain and in the
  United States.
• It was linked to the wealth and prosperity to the
  post World War II era.
• Pop Art also decreased the gap between "high art"
  and "low art" and eliminated the distinction
  between fine art and commercial art methods.

Andy Warhol "Elvis I and II 1964
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Pop Art Examples
Richard Hamilton (English, 1922-), Interior II,
1964, oil, cellulose paint and collage on board,
121.9 x 162.6 cm, Tate Gallery, London
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Richard Hamilton, The Solomon R. Guggenheim
(Neapolitan), 1965-6, fiberglass and cellulose
relief, 121.9 x 121.9 x 17.8 cm, Tate Gallery,
London.  
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Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997), Mustard
on White, 1963, Magnacolor on Plexiglass, 80.0 x
94.0 x 5.1 cm, Tate Gallery, London
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Roy Lichtenstein, Whaam!, 1963, acrylic and oil
on canvas, 172.7 x 406.4 cm, Tate Gallery,
London. You may wish to see a preparatory drawing
for this painting, 14.9 x 30.5 cm, Tate Gallery,
London.
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Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke, 1965, screenprint
on paper, image 56.5 x 72.4 cm, Tate Gallery,
London.
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Claes Oldenburg, Giant Ice Bag, 1969-1970,
installation vinyl, steel, motors and fans,
fiberglass, lacquer, 600 x 600 cm, Georges
Pompidou Center, Paris.
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Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup Cans , 1962,
synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases,
Each canvas, 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm),
Museum of Modern Art, NY.
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Jasper Johns, Figure 5, 1960, encaustic and
newspaper collaged on canvas, 183 x 137.5 cm,
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris.  
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Edward Ruscha (American, 1937-), Large Trademark
with Eight Spotlights, 1962, Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, NY. See trademark.
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Andy Warhol

• Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1928.
• He entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology
  (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1945, where
  he majored in pictorial design.

Andy Warhol A Set of Six Self Portraits
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• Throughout the 1950s, Warhol enjoyed a successful
  career as a commercial artist, winning several
  commendations from the Art Director's Club and
  the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
• During these years he
• shortened his name to
• Warhol.
• The 1960s Andy Warhol
• was very prolific with his
• art.

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• Andy Warhol became famous off of appropriated
  images of the popular culture of the time.
• He died February 22, 1987
• after a routine surgery.

Andy Warhol Dollar Sign
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Andy Warhol Brooklyn Bridge
Andy Warhol Campbells Soup Can
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Andy Warhol Details of Boticelli's Birth of Venus
Andy Warhol A Page from Lips Book
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Andy Warhol Shot Blue Marilyn
Andy Warhol Mickey Mouse
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Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe

Andy Warhol Lips
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Work Cited

• http//www.warholstore.com/.
• http//www.artchive.com/artchive/pop_art.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
• http//www.biddingtons.com/content/pedigreepop.htm
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• http//wwar.com/masters/movements/pop_art.html
• http//www.warholfoundation.org/