Andy Warhol Art

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Andy Warhol one of the most notable artists of the 20th century, turned his fascination with pop art and advertising into iconic works of art. Warhol had a successful career as an illustrator in New York City before standing out as an artist with his paintings and celebrity portraits "32 Campbell's Soup Cans." He worked in a variety of media, including screen printing, sculpture, photography, and film. Warhol opened a studio in New York called The Factory, where everyone from intellectuals and activists to celebrities and drag queens gathered. He laid the groundwork for artists that followed like Keith Haring and Jeff Koons. Bidsquare presents Andy Warhol Arts for sale. Bid on famous Andy Warhol art for sale available at auction.

When he graduated from college with his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1949, Warhol moved to New York City to pursue a career as a ...
... commercial artist. It was also at this time that he dropped the "a" at the end of his last name to become Andy Warhol. He landed a job at Glamor magazine in September and became one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s. He won frequent awards for his singularly whimsical style, using his own technique of erased lines and rubber stamps to create his drawings.

In the late 1950s, Warhol began to pay more attention to painting and, in 1961, he debuted the concept of "pop art," paintings that focused on mass-produced commercial products. In 1962, he exhibited Campbell's now-iconic soup can paintings. These small canvases of everyday consumer products created quite a stir in the art world, bringing Warhol and pop art to the national spotlight for the first time. We can explore more about Andy Warhol art for sale in Bidsquare.

British artist Richard Hamilton described pop art as "popular, transitory, expendable, inexpensive, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, sophisticated, glamorous, big business." As Warhol himself put it: "Once you 'have' pop, you can't ever see a sign the same way again. And once you think of pop, you'll never see America the same way again." Andy Warhol auction featured Coca-Cola bottles, vacuum cleaners, and hamburgers.

In 1968, however, Warhol's prosperous career almost ended. Valerie Solanas, an aspiring writer, and radical feminist shot him on June 3. Warhol was seriously injured in this attack. Solanas had appeared in one of Warhol's films and she was reportedly upset with him for her refusal to use a script that she had written. After the shooting, Solanas was arrested and later pleaded guilty to the crime. Warhol spent weeks in a New York hospital recovering from his injuries and underwent several subsequent surgeries. As a result of the injuries he sustained, he had to wear a surgical corset for the rest of his life.

In the 1970s, Warhol continued to explore other forms of media. He published books like The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) and Exposures. Warhol also experimented extensively with video art, producing more than 60 films during his career. Some of his most famous films include Sleep, which shows the poet John Giorno sleeping for six hours, and Eat, which shows a man eating a mushroom for 45 minutes. Warhol also worked in sculpture and photography, and in the 1980s, he moved on to television, hosting Andy Warhol Television and Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes on MTV.

In his later life, Warhol suffered from chronic problems with his gallbladder. On February 20, 1987, he was admitted to New York Hospital, where his gallbladder was successfully removed and he appeared to be on the mend. However, days later he suffered complications that led to sudden cardiac arrest and passed away on February 22, 1987, at the age of 58. Thousands of people attended a tribute to the artist at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.