Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was considered a legend during his lifetime, as he brought thought to the everyday gossip and concepts of life. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1928 and studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology. After receiving his bachelor in fine arts he moved to New York City to become a “commercial artist”. In New York City he did work for the magazines Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue. As he entered into the New …

…Jagger, John F. Kennedy and his wife, and other political or social figures, add color and shapes but do not condone or glorify a person to an extreme. His work with other images, such as the Gun and the Electric Chair paintings, do express his judgments on violence and tragedy. He used his art to make people think about the many happenings of that time period that they might not have otherwise given thought to.