Shot Sage Blue Marilyn
1964 · Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas · 101 × 101 cm
Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)
1963 · Silkscreen ink and silver paint on canvas · 267 × 417 cm
Eight Elvises
1963 · Silkscreen ink on canvas · 100 × 234 cm
Marilyn Diptych
1962 · Acrylic paint on canvas · 205 × 290 cm
Campbell's Soup Cans
1962 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas · 51 × 41 cm
Warhol is known for his Pop Art silkscreen paintings of consumer products and celebrities, including Campbell's Soup Cans (1962), Marilyn Diptych (1962), and Brillo Boxes (1964). He was also a filmmaker, music producer (managing The Velvet Underground), and cultural icon who ran the famous studio known as The Factory.
Warhol died on February 22, 1987, at age 58, from cardiac arrhythmia following routine gallbladder surgery at New York Hospital. His fear of hospitals, stemming from being shot by Valerie Solanas in 1968, led him to delay the procedure until his condition became life-threatening.
Warhol was the leading figure of Pop Art, a movement that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s that drew inspiration from commercial and popular culture. Pop Art challenged traditional fine art by incorporating imagery from advertising, comic books, and mass-produced consumer goods.
His most famous works include Campbell's Soup Cans (1962), Marilyn Diptych (1962), Eight Elvises (1963), Silver Car Crash (1963), and Brillo Boxes (1964). His Shot Sage Blue Marilyn sold for $195 million in 2022, the most expensive American artwork ever sold at auction.
Warhol pioneered the use of silkscreen printing (serigraphy) in fine art, a commercial printing technique that allowed him to mass-produce images. This method aligned with his philosophy that art should be accessible and reproducible, challenging the notion of the unique, handmade artwork.
This page features public domain works by Andy Warhol and is not managed by the artist.
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