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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was an American artist and filmmaker. Widely regarded as the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, Warhol's practice spanned various media, including painting, filmmaking, photography, publishing, and performance art. A leading figure in the Pop art movement, his work explores the relationship between advertising, consumerism, mass media, and celebrity culture. His embrace of mechanical reproduction challenged traditional boundaries between high and low culture. He is also credited with popularizing the expression "15 minutes of fame."
entertainment · American artist and filmmaker (1928–1987) · film director · painter · photographer · film producer · sculptor · visual artist · cinematographer · screenwriter · diarist · designer · also Andy Warhol, Andrew Warhola, Andrew Warhol, Drella, Andrej Varchol, Andrej Warhol
Born 6 August 1928 · Died 22 February 1987 · Q5603
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202621 items
Diario de Ibiza: Nico, la protegida de Andy Warhol y cantante de The Velvet Underground que murió en Ibiza mientras circulaba en bicicleta
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Artsy: Jean Paul Gaultier and Andy Warhol (Circa 1980) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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Rochdale Times: Iconic Andy Warhol masterpieces on show in town centre
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Artsy: 'Ladies and Gentlemen' (F&S II.134) (1975) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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Artsy: 'Electric Chair' (1971) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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Artsy: Brooklyn Bridge (FS II.290) (1983) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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Artsy: Camouflage, II.408 (1987) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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ITVX: Pop-up display of Andy Warhol's artwork in lorry | ITV News
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Artsy: Poinsettias (1983) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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90.5 WESA: New Andy Warhol Museum curator looks to history, and ahead
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Artsy: 'Watermelon' (1979) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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Artsy: Mao (1972) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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Artsy: Ads Portfolio (1985) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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Interview Magazine: Everything Andy Warhol Would Have Loved About 2026
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La Crónica de Hoy: Ruta del Castor hace historia: es la primera organización mexicana en recibir apoyo de The Andy Warhol Foundation
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MutualArt: Andy Warhol | Mickey Mouse; Hammer and Sickle (two works)
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Artsy: Panda (FS II.295) (1983) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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Artsy: MARILYN MONROE (2018) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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flashbak.com: Bob Colacello’s Pictures of Wild Nights out with Andy Warhol, 1976 – 82
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Artsy: Souper Dress (1965) by Andy Warhol - For Sale
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20221 item
Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) sold for $195 million, the highest price ever paid at auction for a work by an American artist
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20211 item
The Brooklyn Museum's 2021–2022 exhibition Andy Warhol: Revelation further explored the role of faith in his life and art.
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20141 item
Alone, Warhol's works generated approximately $569 million at auction, accounting for more than one-sixth of the global art market that year
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20131 item
Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) (1963) sold for $105 million
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19941 item
Released album “Andy Warhol from Tapes: The Inaugural Publication 1994”.
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198715 items
Died 1987-02-22.
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The value of his work continued to rise significantly, establishing him as one of the most consistently high-performing artists in the global art market
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“Pelé is one of the few who contradicted my theory [...] Instead of 15 minutes of fame, he will have 15 centuries.”
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“Zarabiać pieniądze to sztuka, pracować to sztuka, ale robić dobre interesy – to sztuka największa.”
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“I am a deeply superficial person.”
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“Podoba mi się, że w Ameryce najbogatsi konsumenci w zasadzie kupują te same rzeczy, co biedni. Siedzisz przed telewizorem i pijesz Coca Colę, i wiesz, że prezydent pije colę, Liz Taylor pije colę, i myślisz sobie, że ty też możesz pić colę.”
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“Kupować to bardziej amerykańskie niż myśleć, a ja jestem tak amerykański jak każdy.”
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“(You'd be surprised who'll hang an electric chair in the living room. Especially if the background matches the drapes.)”
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“Opis: po nieudanej próbie zabójstwa Warhola, kiedy postrzeliła go w klatkę piersiową.”
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“(You wouldn't believe how many people will hang a picture of an electric chair in their room – especially if the color of the picture matches the curtains.)”
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“No futuro, todas as pessoas serão famosas durante quinze minutos.”
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“(You wouldn't believe how many people will hang up a picture of an electric chair? especially if it matches the color of their curtains.)”
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“You'd be surprised how many people want to hang an electric chair on their living-room wall. Specially if the background color matches the drapes.”
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“(You wouldn't believe the number of people who hang the electric chair painting in the homes, especially if the colour of the canvas matches the curtains.)”
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“Jestem nadzwyczaj bierny. Biorę świat taki, jakim jest. Tylko się przyglądam, obserwuję go.”
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19862 items
Including Statues of Liberty, Self-Portraits, and Last Supper, based on Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
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“I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)”
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19851 item
Warhol used Amiga computers to generate digital art, including the short film You Are the One
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19832 items
Warhol began collaborating with artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente
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Warhol was commissioned to design a poster commemorating the centennial of the Brooklyn Bridge, which he contributed to the New York Art Expo that year
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19821 item
Warhol created a limited edition of 100 silkscreen portraits of actress Jane Fonda to support the California State Assembly campaign of her husband, Tom Hayden
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19812 items
And was later represented by Ford Models
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Warhol collaborated with Peter Sellars and Lewis Allen on a project titled A No Man Show, a traveling stage production featuring a life-sized animatronic robot modeled after Warhol
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19802 items
Consisted of burglar alarms placed around the perimeter of a room at the Factory and aimed toward an empty center
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An institution dedicated to restoring traditional approaches to artistic training
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19793 items
Warhol began his Reversals and Retrospectives series, revisiting earlier subjects such as Marilyn Monroe, Mao Zedong, and his disaster imagery
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Warhol formed a publishing company, Andy Warhol Books, which was an imprint of Grosset & Dunlap
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Warhol was commissioned to paint a BMW M1 Group 4 racing version for the fourth installment of the BMW Art Car project
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19782 items
But the car model was changed, and it didn't qualify for the race that year
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19 Cents (1962) sold for $95,000—setting a new auction record for Warhol—after having originally been purchased for $1,300 in 1962
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19771 item
Debuted his Torsos and Athletes series, and then began Oxidation (1977–78) also known as "piss paintings," which were abstract works that Warhol created by exposing a layer of metallic paint to urine, and Shadows (19
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19761 item
Warhol and painter Jamie Wyeth were commissioned to paint each other's portraits by the Coe Kerr Gallery in Manhattan
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19751 item
Warhol completed the Ladies and Gentlemen series, followed by Cats and Dogs in 1976 and the Skulls series later that year
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19743 items
Said, "I try to go around so often so much and try to go to every party so that they'll be bored with me and stop writing about me
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Was of his mother, Julia Warhola, who had died two years earlier
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The couple moved into a Neo-Georgian townhouse at 57 East 66th Street in Manhattan's Lenox Hill neighborhood
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19731 item
But adamantly rejected surgery because he feared hospitals
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19721 item
Warhol planned the Halston runway presentation at the Coty Awards
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19711 item
Distinctly featured Warhol's Cow (1966) wallpaper as the backdrop for his paintings
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19703 items
The show traveled to the Isaac Delgado Museum in New Orleans before arriving at the RISD Museum
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Campbell's Soup Can with Peeling Label (1962) sold for $60,000 at Parke-Bernet Galleries, then the highest price ever paid at public auction for a work by a living American artist
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Some of the acetate films used to produce some of Warhol's screenprints were taken to Europe, where they were used to create a new series of editions published under the name "Sunday B
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19692 items
Warhol received an invitation to curate an exhibition using items from the permanent collection of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum (RISD Museum) in Providence
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“Warhol explained that the lack of a plot in Blue Movie was intentional (1969)”
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19682 items
Radical feminist writer Valerie Solanas shot Warhol and Mario Amaya, art critic and curator, at the Factory
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The Factory evolved into a business enterprise
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19672 items
Warhol was referred to as the "Pope of Pop Art." Religious themes appeared frequently in his work, including the film Imitation of Christ (1967), Crosses (1982), Details of Renaissance Paintings (1984), and the Last Supper series (1986), which is the largest body of religious-themed works by an American artist.
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Warhol established Factory Additions as his printmaking and publishing enterprise, issuing portfolios of ten images in editions of 250
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19662 items
Warhol underwent a transitional period as he sought to expand his filmmaking activities and increase his income
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In 1966, his mother Julia Warhola described him as a "good religious boy" who attended Sunday Mass weekly at St.
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19651 item
Large paintings from the Flowers series sold for approximately $6,000, while smaller versions were available for as little as $400
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19641 item
Four of his new larger Marilyn canvases were famously shot by performance artist Dorothy Podber, resulting in the Shot Marilyns
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19623 items
Warhol painted his celebrated cans of Campbell's soup, which he claimed to have had for lunch for 20 years
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Warhol remained without major gallery representation, increasingly determined to secure his place within the emerging movement
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Warhol adopted the silkscreen print process as a technique for making paintings to make a more "assembly-line effect
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19611 item
Warhol sold paintings directly to collector Robert Scull and soon attracted major buyers such as Emily Tremaine and Burton Tremaine, but dealer Ivan Karp's efforts failed to secure him gallery representation
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19601 item
Warhol purchased a Victorian townhouse at 1342 Lexington Avenue, now part of the Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District, in the Carnegie Hill neighborhood of Manhattan
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19561 item
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) politely declined Warhol's gift of his drawing Shoe, citing limited storage space and asking him to retrieve it
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19551 item
Warhol began designing advertisements for the shoe manufacturer Israel Miller
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19541 item
Warhol exhibited his work on multiple occasions at Vito Giallo's Loft Gallery in New York
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19481 item
And a full-page interior illustration in 1949
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19461 item
Warhol created a series of pen-and-ink drawings satirizing his customers and documenting social contrasts encountered during his route, from affluent to working-class families
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19451 item
Warhol won a scholarship to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh
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19371 item
His teacher recognized his talent and arranged for him to attend Saturday drawing classes at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh
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19281 item
Born 1928-08-06.
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19121 item
Warhol's father emigrated to the United States and found work in a coal mine
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19007 items
Career landmark: Participated in documenta 7 (tournament / event).
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Studied at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Career landmark: Participated in De Calder à Koons, Bijoux d'Artistes, La Collection Idéale de Diane Venet (tournament / event).
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Studied at Carnegie Mellon School of Art.
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Career landmark: Participated in Von Picasso bis Warhol Künstlerschmuck der Avantgarde (tournament / event).
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Career landmark: Participated in 4. documenta (tournament / event).
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Studied at Schenley High School.
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