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    but also changes the truth a bit. In the episode, we see two main characters, Andy Warhol and Valerie Solanas. Andy Warhol was an American producer, artist, and director who was a famous. That's where Valerie comes in. She had written a piece and wanted Andy to produce it, but it didn't turn out how she planned. Andy thought her writing was obnoxious and not good, and ended up losing it. This infuriated Solanas and she shot him, but didn't kill him. She then started gathering people to join her radical

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    Andy Warhol was a Commercial Illustrator, Artist, Filmmaker, and Author. Andy Warhol’s parents came from a village in the Carpathian Mountains, what we known as Slovakia. Andy was the third child born to his Czechoslovakian immigrant parents in a the social group consisting of people who are employed for wages in the community of Pittsburgh. Growing up, Andy was very intelligent and creative. By the age of eight years old Andy came down with rheumatic an abnormally high body temperature that caused

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    The American artist, Andy Warhol, was one of the major influential artists in the late 20th century, during the pop art movement. One of his art pieces is called Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) made in 1984 and currently located at The Andy Warhol Museum in his hometown. For all of his art works (printmaking, painting, cinema, photography), Warhol gives a whole new different perspective and meaning to society, by giving a “personality” to his work. The cultural

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    Essay– How Campbell’s Soup Influenced the Art World, Warhol Style Andy Warhol’s impact as a Pop artist has gone far beyond just your typical “starving artist”. He, still to this day, is considered to be one of the most influential artists who went from painter to commercial artist, being the most popular figure in the world of Pop Art. He’s also considered as one of the most important figures in the world of contemporary art and culture. Andy Warhol was the most successful and definitely the most

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    Andy Warhol “Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil - of letting people destroy themselves while I watched, just so I could film them and tape-record them. But I didn't think of myself as evil - just realistic.”( Brainy Quotes) This quote from andy warhol shows what kind of artist he truly was. Andrew Warhola was a multitalented artist because of his background or commercial art, film making, and creating pop art. Andy was not just a typical misunderstood artist, he was much more. Andy

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    usually point out all the classics; van Gogh, da Vinci, Monet, and Picasso. However, even though they are all extremely renowned, Andy Warhol is right up in that list of top guns. His style of art was a major influence on art today; in fact, Andy Warhol is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. Various famous people come from a modest life and Andy Warhol is one of them. He was born to Slovakian immigrants as Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 6, 1928. His father

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    American art, Andy Warhol was obsessed with fame, glamour, and money. He is best known for his images of stars and celebrities and for his reproductions of symbols of the American society.      Andrew Warhola’s (he later dropped the “a”) birth date is uncertain, Andy said himself that his birth certificate had been forged and June 6, 1928 became the date taken as his birthday. Others say he was born December 6, 1930 and then others say it was August 6, 1928. Andy was very mysterious

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    Andy Warhol Biography

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    More Than 15 Minutes of Fame Andy Warhol’s name is recognized by all kinds of people, art fanatics, cell phone obsessed teenagers, and even elementary school students. He was one of the most popular American print artists and helped create Pop Art. Warhol is still one of the most prominent artists of American culture. His repetitive style, early childhood struggles, and all-around personality is what makes him stand out. Andy Warhol was born on August 6th, 1928 with the name Andrew Warhola

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    I chose Andy Warhol for my paper. His art is so fancy and eye-catching. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, August 6, 1928. He started doing art after he contacted illness. His mother was an artist and encouraged Andy while he was recovering from Chorea. She rewarded Andy by giving him delicious sweets mostly chocolate bars, when he finished a page in his coloring book. Andy’s father passed away when he was 14. His father died from jaundiced liver. Warhol didn’t attend his father’s funeral

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    Andy Warhol Warhol was successful in bringing a new form of art to the forefront of an ever changing artworld in the 1960`s. I am interested in the field of commercial and graphic art and it's connection to advertising. That's why I have chosen Warhol as my subject for this essay. I'm going to focus on the techniques and images he used on his paintings. Andy Warhol is one of the world's most renown artists. He was a painter, a photographer, a filmmaker, a publisher of Interview magazine

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