Andy Warhol Fine Art Prints
Born in Pittsburgh, America, in 1928, Andy Warhol became one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. Child of Slovakian immigrants, Andy was a sickly child, and spent much of his childhood out of school, and at times bedridden. He spent his time drawing, listening to the radio, and collecting pictures of film stars. Later, he studied art at the Carnegie Mellon University before moving to New York. Here, Warhol began his creative career as an window dresser and illustrator, and created artwork for advertisements and fashion magazines.
Andy Warhol became the first artist to recognize the artistic potential of the screen printing process, which up until then had only been used in industry to print packaging. It allowed Warhol to mass produce paintings in his fashionable New York studio 'The Factory', with the help of his team of assistants. His use of industrial processes, and depiction of celebrities, and mass-produced, everyday objects, made Warhol a leading member of the 1950's and 60's Pop Art movement. Authorship, fame and celebrity became recurring themes in Warhol's work, and he repeatedly created series of screen prints from enlarged photographs of iconic figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Jackie Kennedy and John Wayne. He also took inspiration from food packaging, and one of Warhol's most famous images are undoubtledly his Campbells Soup prints, available here in a range of sizes and colours.
Andy also dabbled in film making, and was manager of the rock band the 'Velvet Underground'. Andy Warhol's paintings and approach to art have inspired subsequent generations of artists including Roy Lichtenstein and Gary Hume.