Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, father of pop art mouvement. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. Warhol's art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. He was also a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1984, two years before his death. He founded Interview Magazine in 1969. The magazine features intimate conversations between some of the world's biggest celebrities, artists, musicians, and creative thinkers.
Legacy
The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.
Literature
- Books by Warhol
- The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again), written by Pat Hackett and Bob Colacello, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975
- with Pat Hackett, Popism: The Warhol Sixties, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980
- with Pat Hackett, The Andy Warhol Diaries, Grand Central Publishing, 1991
- Books about Warhol
- Victor Bockris, The Life and Death of Andy Warhol, New York: Bantam Books, 1989
- Klaus Honnef, Andy Warhol, 1928-1987: Commerce Into Art, Taschen, 2000
