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- 2. Born: August 6, 1928 Died: February 22, 1987 Childhood: Warhol grew up in Pennsylvania and was very ill as a child. He was often bedridden, so he did not have many friends and became close with his mother. The Beginning: Warhol’s artistic career started when he moved to New York City in 1949 to work for a magazine, making advertisement prints (an example of “commercial art”). Silk Screen Printmaking: Warhol was famous for his silk screen printmaking technique. For Warhol, the imperfections of a work of art were just as important as the perfect details. So he took a casual approach to printmaking, that often included smudges, smears and other imperfections.
- 3. Pop Artist, film-maker and cultural icon, Andy Warhol Was atalented artist even as achild. He moved to NewYork City and made his name in advertising and Magazine illustration before opening his own studio. His early drawings are very delicate, while his Experience in experience in advertising gave him a Style that was part graphic desing,, part painting. In The 1960s he became a leader of the Pop Art Movement, and besides making illustations for adverts, he also painted realistic pictures of popular products such as soup and cola cans, thus turning something Ordinary and everyday into a work of art. These were A huge success and Warhol started to make them using A skill-screen printing process so that they could be Reproduced and more people could own. His subject Matter grew to include celebrities and modern icons, and his Portait of famous people such as Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Chairman Mao have been imitated ever since.
- 4. The 1960’s…
- 6. The Factory
- 12. http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=125717 En esta webquest sobre Andy Warhol tendras que leer el contenido y responder las preguntas.
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- In the 1960’s, Warhol began doing prints of iconic American products such as Campbell’s Soup and Coca-Cola bottles. He also started doing prints of iconic people of the time such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.
- The artist was famous for having said that all you need to know about him and his works is already there, "Just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it."
- Also at this time, Warhol began to surround himself with other artists, writers, actors photographers etc. His studio, known as the “Factory,” was a famous hang-out spot for groups of various artists.
- Warhol died in 1987 after having a galbadder surgery.