Artist Birthdays, August 6: Andy Warhol - Park West Gallery

Artist Birthdays, August 6: ANDY WARHOL

Posted August 6, 2009

In Artist Birthdays

ANDY WARHOL (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987)

Nationality: American
Field: Painting, illustration, printmaking, photography, sculpture
Art Movement: Pop Art
ARTiFact: His view of the media was that they could enable any person to become famous, thus in 1968 he coined the expression, “15 minutes of fame.”
Artist Quote: “What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.”
Important Artwork (shown below): Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962.

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