Andy Warhol - part 2

 

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. Like his contemporaries Roy Lichtenstein   and Robert Rauschenberg, Warhol responded to mass-media culture of the 1960s. His silkscreens of cultural and consumer icons—including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Campbell’s Soup Cans, and Brillo Boxes—would make him one of the most famous artists of his generation. “The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do,” he once explained.

For full biography and for earlier works see Part 1 also.

This is Part 2 of a 19-part series on the works of Andy Warhol:

c1954c Five Boys
blotted ink line drawing with ink wash in colours
 58.4 x 73.7 cm

1955 Gee, Merrie Shoes
lithograph with hand-colouring in watercolour 23.8 x 20 cm

1955 A la Recherche du Shoe Perdu
offset lithograph and watercolour on paper 28.5 x 21.5 cm

c1955-56 Untitled (A Fairy)
ink and watercolour on paper 33.4 x 30.1 cm

1955-57 "Suckling Pig" standing screen
gouache and gold leaf on wood 3 panels 164.5 x 131.4 cm

c1956 Cherub on Horseback
ink, gouache and watercolour on pape 58.4 x 39.3 cm

c1956 Female Figure
ink on paper 27.9 x 33.6 cm

c1956 In the Bottom of my Garden 

colour lithograph and watercolours:

c1957 Elf (on a branch)
ink and gold leaf on paper 58.4 x 40.6 cm

c1957 Christmas Card
offset lithograph on card 19 x 10.2 cm

1957 Wrapping Paper
offset lithograph with hand-colouring, on wove paper 73.7 x 58.4 cm

1959 Wild Raspberries series

Offset lithographs with hand colouring in watercolour on paper:

Gardoons A La Mousseline
43.5 x 27.3 cm

Baked Hawaii
44 x 28 cm 

Chocolate Balls a la Chambord
43.5 x 28 cm

Dorothy Killgallens Gateau of Marzipan
43.8 x 27.9 cm

Gardoons A La Mousseline
43.5 x 27.3 cm

Greengages a la Warhol
62 x 43 cm

Hard Boiled Eggs
43.2 x 27.9 cm

Omelet Greta Garbo
43.5 x 27.9 cm

A & P Surprise
60 x 42 cm

Piglet
27 x 44 cm

Torte a la Dobosch
62 x 45 cm

Roast Iguana Andalusian
44.5 x 28.6 cm

Salade de alf Landon
43.5 x 27.6 cm

Vine leaf Marinade
43.8 x 28 cm

Dorothy Killgallens Gateau of Marzipan
43.8 x 27.9 cm

Andy Warhol - part 1

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. Like his contemporaries Roy Lichtenstein   and Robert Rauschenberg, Warhol responded to mass-media culture of the 1960s. His silkscreens of cultural and consumer icons—including Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Campbell’s Soup Cans, and Brillo Boxes—would make him one of the most famous artists of his generation. “The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do,” he once explained. 

Born Andrew Warhola on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, PA, he graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1949. Moving to New York to pursue a career in commercial illustration, the young artist worked for magazine such as Vogue and Glamour. Though Warhol was a gay man, he kept much of his private life a secret, occasionally referencing his sexuality through art. This is perhaps most evident in his drawings of male nudes from the 1950s, and later in his film Sleep (1963), which portrays the poet John Giorno nude. In 1964, Warhol rented a studio loft on East 47th street in Midtown Manhattan which was later known as The Factory. 

The artist used The Factory as a hub for movie stars, models, and artists, who became fodder for his prints and films. The space also functioned as a performance venue for The Velvet Underground. During the 1980s, Warhol collaborated with several younger artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, and Keith Haring. The artist died tragically following complications from routine gall bladder surgery at the age of 58, on February 22, 1987 in New York, NY. After his death, the artist’s estate became The Andy Warhol Foundation and in 1994, a museum dedicated to the artist and his oeuvre opened in his native Pittsburgh. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Tate Gallery in London, among others. A major retrospective of Warhol's work took place at the Whiney Museum of Art in New York in 2019.

Biography from artnet.com

This is Part 1 of a 19-part series on the works of Andy Warhol:

probably 1940s watercolour sketch

1949 Halloween
lithograph 28.2 x 18.5 cm

1950 Sailor
ink and graphite on scrap paper 59.7 x 45.1 cm

1950s Fashion illustration
ink and Dr. Martin dyes on paper 57.1 x 46.9 cm

1950s Female Fashion Figure
ink and watercolour on paper 62.9 x 51 cm

1950s Green Cat 
watercolour?

1951 Cover illustration for "3 More Novels of Ronald Firbank"
offset lithograph on paper 24.1 x 13.9 cm 

1952-62 Fashion illustration

1954 Serious Girl
silverpoint on paper

1954 Shoe series prints: watercolour and India ink on light cardboard:

c1954-56 Twenty-five Cats named Sam and one Blue Pussy 

colour lithographs (20 images found):

Front Cover Artwork

1a Front Cover