Andy Warhol
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Andy Warhol was an American artist born in Pennsylvania in 1928. He died
in 1987 as a result of gall bladder surgery. He is considered the Father
of Pop Art. Pop is short for popular. The subjects he used for his art
were popular. Popular is something or someone that a lot of people know about and that most people
like. Andy Warhol did pictures of commercial type objects such as
Campbell’s Soup and Coca-Cola. He would repeat the object many times,
often over 100 times. Maybe that’s because the things he did in his art
actually existed in such large numbers. When he made a painting everyone
knew the subject of the painting because it was something or someone that was
seen everyday. Do you know who Marilyn Monroe is? Andy Warhol did lots of pictures of Marilyn Monroe and
other stars. Madonna tries to look like Marilyn Monroe. Why do you
think that is? (She was popular.) Andy Warhol made a book of
flowers, too. These are some of the flowers he made. Here is one of
Warhol’s self-portraits. He didn’t just make one of himself he made
multiple images or many copies of himself. Andy Warhol liked to make lots
of whatever he chose for his subject.