*Andy Warhol(1928-1987)
• American artist born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
• leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art
• artwork ranged in many forms of media that include hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music
• His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s.
• After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist.
• The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA is the largest museum in the U.S. designated to a single artist.
Pop Art: is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States.Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc.