Here are 10 facts about the American artist, Andy Warhol.
- Andy Warhol was born on 6th August 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- He is known for his pop art and his work focuses of the crossover between celebrity, advertising and artistic expression.
- He worked with many forms of media, including: painting, printmaking, photography, drawing, sculpture, film and music. He also started a magazine (called Interview Magazine) and he wrote several books.
- He called his studio The Factory and it became a famous meeting place for creative people and celebrities.
- Warhol was a hypochondriac and was scared of hospitals and doctors.
- In the 1960s he produced a series of paintings of iconic American images and objects, these included: Campbell’s Soup cans, dollar bills, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley and Coca-Cola bottles.
- Andy Warhol was shot (and nearly died) on 3rd June 1968. The shooter was Valerie Solanas.
- In the 1970s Warhol produced work for many celebrities, including: Mick Jagger, John Lennon and Diana Ross.
- He founded the New York Academy of Art in 1979.
- Andy Warhol died on 22nd February 1987 following post gallbladder surgery complications. He is buried at St John the Baptist Byzantine Cemetery, next to his parents.
Helped soooooo much with art project, couldn’t have done without it!!! ?????????
really helped with my art homework !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Helped me with my art homework.
THIS HELPED ME WITH MY ART HW WHICH IS DUE IN 1 HR!!!1 LOL
Wow, this helped me alot with my homework!
this was so help full with my school project thanks allot you guys are the best thanks
this helped with my homework
great work π
Great helped with homework
This is a great website to use for a report, presentation or homework of any kind. I would recommend it to all students! π
cheers helped a lot!
this helped with my art project and will definately use this again for revision in my art test! I have recommended this site to my class?
Really helped with my Andy Warhol art project!
It helped me with my art homework
THANK YOU!!!! I have to do a report and I just needed a couple quick facts for the first page!!!!
Such a life safer it help a tone with my art topic I had I’m going to recommend to my friends this website is great.
thx helped on report
Please post more of these,thanks.
thanks it hped aot
he helped me with my pop art homework he was a very talented guy
Thanks this helped me with Art Homework!!
(sorry don’t like using my real name)
But thx this helped me a lot with my work!!!!!
Xo
Wolf
It helped me with my art homework
Wow, thanks this helped me tons with my art homework, we had to write 10 facts about him and get a picture of his work π
it was great
This helped me learn some facts about this artist
Thanks this as helped me with my art book. (FINISHED MY ART BOOK NOW) π
This helped alot thank you
Thanks, Abby! Glad we were able to help you out.
This helped me with my Year 7 Pop Art Homework on Andy, just gotta to do Roy now. We have to produce a fact sheet.
year 7 m9? im in year 9 and im doing this
helped me alot with homework π
Thank you so much helps alot
this help me with this interview that im doing for art
It helped me a lot with my homework….. Thanks a lot
Helped me A LOT with my art homework. Would recommend
Thanks lots, it helps with my home work
thanks
Thank you sooooo much!!!!!!!! Helped me get out of a pickle with my art assessment … I got an A* thanks to this website hehe!! Once again, thank you!!
Well done to you
great help on art homework!!!!
thanks, helped a lot with art homework π
thank you for the info and helping me with my art homework
Thanks so much. This is my art homework due in tomorrow.
helped me with my art homewpork
I got a high level in my art homework thanks to this.
Glad we were able to help you out, Gemma!
this is great it has helped me with my art project and i strongly recommend this website. π
amazing info for school hw
really really useful
This is great for my daughter homework thanks
Helped me with my art hΓ²mework
This helped me with my art homework massively. Would definitely use this site again
This helped me loads with my art hmwk… thanks I would defo use this again.
This helped me ALOT with my art homework!!!
this helps me out with my art homework!
Thanks helped with my art π
thank you for the facts really helped us at school a lot
π
Really helped with my art coursework
Great really helped with my art homework thanks!!!
Good
HELPED a lot in school thank allot
really helpful for art h-work
amazing, helped woth my art homework
it helps a lot with art project thx
this helped a lot with my Writing assiment thanks a lot
Helped loads
this really helped with my art homework
Helped Me With My American Artist Study Worksheet…
Thanks
helped me with my art Homework
good for my art work
Great helped me with my report
this helped a lot with my art homework
same!
I need these facts for art homework.
it helped me with work at school i would definately use this again
Helped me with report
helps me loads with art exam thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is helping on my report too. π
Helps me too!
same here i have LOADS of art homework to do and in was stuck 4 ideas so the internet came to the rescue
Great
this is a good site to use for a presentation
I have to do a presentation and this helped loads.