Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol is a Slovakian artist born in Pittsburg. He got interested in the life of an artist early on in his life. As a kid he always dreamt of being around interesting famous people. When he got into art, he was instantly famous for his paintings of celebrities, sometimes even more famous than the celebrities themselves.

He is well known for his painting the Lavender Marilyn, painted in 1962. He created it to capture the natural beauty of Marilyn Monroe, and to show the fine details about her. It was a silkscreen on canvas private collection. It was usually an honor to get a self portrait done by Warhol and the paintings usually become infamous.

What I like about this painting is the fine details he puts in his art to give it more of an emphasis. The big red lips, the blues eye shadow, the buttery yellow hair, the more I look at it the more I come to appreciate the piece. There aren't as many artists in our time as there were in the 20th century and I think that we're lucky to have art programs in our school to keep those dreams "alive."




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