Andy Warhol - Leading the Way in Modern Art

             Andy Warhol was considered a legend during his lifetime, as he brought a new perspective on creativity to the everyday gossip and concepts of life. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1928 and studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology. After receiving his bachelor's in fine arts he moved to New York City to become a "commercial artist." While in New York, he did work for the magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. As he entered into the city's cultural scene he began painting celebrity portraits. His work was influenced by the many famous artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, but also by life in the city. His paintings and other pieces of art brought controversy to the glitzy world of Hollywood and its celebrities and value (or lack thereof). Warhol combined business and art and had the ability to overpower the trends of the 1960s. With this unique style and confidence, he entered the world of consumer advertising with such pieces as the Campbell Soup painting and more. The decade of the 1960s is known even today as a decade of social and political change. Warhol produced pieces such as his Gun painting and the Electric Chair painting to mirror his beliefs and/or disgust of controversial political concepts and happenings; however, this decade also included many celebrities in Hollywood and infamous politicians. He painted these people to portray the then-current social scene. His interest in glamour, gossip, and politics was his greatest influence on what and how he painted. He died in 1987 but his popularity has remained just as strong.
             Warhol was a contemporary artist, using many different techniques and styles. He was not only a painter, but also a drawer, a photographer, a silkscreener, and more. Most of his art included most or all of these different talents. As I mentioned above, his art was influenced by Hollywood and politics, and most of his images were taken from media photographs of celebrities, photographs he took h...

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