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.

Creator story

Surprising fact

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.

Key works

Key works by Andy Warhol

These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.

1962

Marilyn Diptych

Marilyn Diptych is one of Andy Warhol's defining works.

1962

Campbell's Soup Cans

Campbell's Soup Cans is one of Andy Warhol's defining works.