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'''Andy Warhol''' (/ˈwɔrhɒl/; born '''Andrew Warhola'''; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as [[pop art (nonfiction)]].
[[File:Andy_Warhol.jpg|250px|thumb|Andy Warhol.  Between 1966 - 1977, photo by Jack Mitchell.]]'''Andy Warhol''' (/ˈwɔrhɒl/; born '''Andrew Warhola'''; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as [[pop art (nonfiction)]].


== Life and work ==
== Biography ==


His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s.
His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s.
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After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist.
After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist.


The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.
Warhol's art used many types of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music.


Warhol's art used many types of media, including hand [[drawing (nonfiction)]], [[painting (nonfiction)]], [[printmaking (nonfiction)]], photography, silk screening, [[sculpture (nonfiction)]], film, and music.
He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death.


He was also a pioneer in [[computer-generated art (nonfiction)]] using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death.
He coined the widely used expression [[Fifteen minutes of fame (nonfiction)|fifteen minutes of fame]].


He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books, including ''The Philosophy of Andy Warhol'' and ''Popism: The Warhol Sixties''.
== In the News ==


He managed and produced The Velvet Underground, a rock band which had a strong influence on the evolution of punk rock music.
<gallery>
File:Green-Ring Dick-Cavett-Show 1969.jpg|link=Green Ring (AI)|November 19, 1974: [[Green Ring (AI)|Green Ring]] tells [[Dick Cavett (nonfiction)|Dick Cavett]] a funny story about the time [[Alice Beta]] and Andy Warhol ran into each other — "literally ran into each other, ''smacko'', like two outfielders chasing a pop fly" — in some Manhattan nightclub.


He is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement.
File:Cheddar Cheese crop from Campbells Soup Cans MOMA.jpg|link=Pop art (nonfiction)|[[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] wishes Andy were here to keep making money.
</gallery>


His studio, The Factory, was a well known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons.
== Fiction cross-reference ==


== Legacy ==
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
 
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films.
* [[Green Ring (AI)]]
 
* [[Andy Warhol]]
He coined the widely used expression [[fifteen minutes of fame (nonfiction)]].
 
Many of his creations are very collectible and highly valuable.
 
The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US$105 million for a 1963 canvas titled "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)".
 
A 2009 article in The Economist described Warhol as the "[[bellwether (nonfiction)]] of the [[art market (nonfiction)]]".
 
Warhol's works include some of the most expensive paintings ever sold.


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Art market (nonfiction)]]
* [[Fifteen minutes of fame (nonfiction)]]
* [[Bellwether (nonfiction)]]
* [[Pop art (nonfiction)]]
* [[Pop art (nonfiction)]]
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[Andy Warhol]]
* [[Pop art]]


== External links ==
== External links ==

Latest revision as of 03:58, 2 August 2021

Andy Warhol. Between 1966 - 1977, photo by Jack Mitchell.

Andy Warhol (/ˈwɔrhɒl/; born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art (nonfiction).

Biography

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.

Warhol's art used many types of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music.

He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death.

He coined the widely used expression fifteen minutes of fame.

In the News

  • November 19, 1974: Green Ring tells Dick Cavett a funny story about the time Alice Beta and Andy Warhol ran into each other — "literally ran into each other, smacko, like two outfielders chasing a pop fly" — in some Manhattan nightclub.

    November 19, 1974: Green Ring tells Dick Cavett a funny story about the time Alice Beta and Andy Warhol ran into each other — "literally ran into each other, smacko, like two outfielders chasing a pop fly" — in some Manhattan nightclub.

  • Pop art wishes Andy were here to keep making money.

    Pop art wishes Andy were here to keep making money.

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

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