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4 th Grade Art Smart. Andy Warhol. American artist born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art artwork ranged in many forms of media that include hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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*Andy Warhol(1928-1987)
• American artist born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
• leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art
• artwork ranged in many forms of media that include hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music
• His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s.
• After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist.
• The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA is the largest museum in the U.S. designated to a single artist.
Pop Art: is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States.Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc.