Pop Art

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) was the high priest of Pop art, who turned soup cans, dollar bills and celebrities into silkscreen icons. He erased the line between fine art and mass consumer culture.

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1928–1987 · American Pop artist

Warhol made repetition, fame and commerce his subject, becoming the defining artist of the consumer age.

From the artist's life

Warhol's prophecy that in the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes became one of the most quoted lines of the 20th century.

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The leading figure of American Pop art.
Turned soup cans and celebrities into silkscreen icons.
His Factory studio fused art, film and celebrity.

Portrait: Andy Warhol — Bernard Gotfryd / Library of Congress · public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Complete list of key works

Works with a dedicated ArtAtlas page are highlighted in gold.

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Marilyn DiptychOn ArtAtlas
Campbell's Soup CansOn ArtAtlas
Chelsea GirlsListed for reference
Marilyn DiptyqueListed for reference
Moon MuseumListed for reference
Exploding Plastic InevitableListed for reference
Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)Listed for reference
Shot MarilynsListed for reference
Camouflage Self-PortraitListed for reference
Triple ElvisListed for reference
Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth CenturyListed for reference
Eight ElvisesListed for reference
Suicide (Purple jumping man)Listed for reference

1962

Marilyn Diptych

Warhol did not paint the face — he silkscreened a single publicity still from the film Niagara (1953), like printing posters.

1962

Campbell's Soup Cans

32 canvases — exactly the number of Campbell's soup varieties sold in 1962.