POP ART

Pop Art was a movement that created a sense of optimism during the post war consumer boom of the 1950's and 1960's. It was part of pop music and youth culture which was personified by the Beatles and Elvis. It was a young, fun and hostile artistic expression. It included various styles of both painting and sculpture from various countries, but the common factor was that they all had the common interest in mass-media, mass-culture and mass-production.

Andy Warhol, a very popular Pop Art artist was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh. He and his family were immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania. In 1945, he entered the Carnegie Institute of Technology for unconventional artistic education. During his studies, he worked as a part-time window dresser for department stores, which helped him be in contact with one of his principal elements, advertising. His first major success was in 1949 when he was asked by Glamour Magazine for an illustrated article called "Success is a Job in New York". By 1995 Andy Warhol had almost all of new York copying his work and he was very well known for creating ink images with colour modifications. In the 1960's Warhol also made a series of films about time, boredom and repetition.

Andy Warhol - Marilyn 1962.

Andy Warhol - Goethe 1982

Andy Warhol - Shoes 1980

Roy Lichtenstein - Water Lilies (Blue Lily Pad) 1992.

David Hockney - The Road to York through Sledmere 1997

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