Andy Warhol
Résumé
— Hello! I’m an American artist, film director, and a leading figure in pop art.* I strive to blur the line between low and high by converting Coca-Cola bottles and ketchup packaging into high-value works of art.
The most famous work
Campbell's Soup Cans
New York Museum of Modern Art, 1962
Experience
Now
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1979
Founded the New York Academy of Art.
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1973
Directed the film Love with fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in the title role.
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1972
Published such books as The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Exposures. Experimented extensively with video art, producing more than 60 films.
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1963
Opened his own art studio “The Factory”. The Factory quickly became one of New York City's premier cultural hotspots, a scene of lavish parties attended by celebrities and the city's wealthiest people.
Back then
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1962
Exhibited the now-iconic paintings of Campbell's soup cans.
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1960
Created a design for cans of Coca-Cola. Started to explore silkscreening.
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1950
Designer of shop windows, advertising posters, postcards in collaboration with Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
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1949
Graduated from Carnegie Institute for Technology with an Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
