Andy Warhol

(Pennsylvania 1928 – New York, 1987)

American painter, printmaker, film-maker, and writer; widely recognized as one of the most famous and controversial artists of the last century.

Trained at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, he initially gained recognition as one of the most successful commercial artists in New York, during the 1950s.

As an artist, he came into limelight with his paintings and screenprints of mass-produced images – advertisements and comic strips. Probably, the best known American Pop artist, his works depicting Campbell soups, Coca Cola bottles, celebrity icons, like Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, are some of the most recognized images of our time.

During his lifetime, he also collaborated with artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, the Graffiti artist and LeRoi Neiman, the Playboy magazine illustrator.

Selected Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries

2006   Warhol's World, Hauser & Wirth, London 2006   Man's Best Friend, Lococo Fine Art, St. Louis, MO 2006   Andy Warhol: Vanishing Animals, Medium SARL, Gustavia, St. Barthelemy 2005   Andy Warhol Self-Portraits, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh 2004   Andy Warhol - Selbstportraits, Sprengel Museum, Hannover 2004   Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz 2004   The Late Andy Warhol - The Late Work, museum kunst palast, Dusseldorf 2004   Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures, Kunstwerke, Berlin 2004   Andy Warhol, Anton Kern Gallery, New York 2004   Andy Warhol - LATE PAINTINGS, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles 2003   Andy Warhol - The Time Capsules, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt 2003   Warhol - Screen Tests, Museum of Modern Art, New York 2001   Retrospective, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 1999   Photography, The Andy Warhol Museum, Hamburg, Kunsthalle, travelled to Pittsburgh, 1998   Reframing Andy Warhol: Constructing American Myths, Heroes and Cultural Icons, University Art Gallery, Maryland 1993   Andy Warhol: Abstract, Basel, Kunsthalle, travelled to Vienna, Östereichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst; Valencia, IVAM, 1992   Andy Warhol Polaroids 1971 - 1986, New York, Pace/MacGill Gallery, travelled to London, Anthony d'Offay; Paris, Durand-Dessert, 1991   Andy Warhol's Video and Television, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1990   Andy Warhol: Films, IVAM, Valencia 1990   Andy Warhol: Cars-The Last Pictures, Kunstmuseum, Berne 1990   The Prints of Andy Warhol, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York 1989   Andy Warhol: A Retrospective, Hayward Gallery, London 1989   Andy Warhol: Shadow Paintings, Gagosian Gallery, New York 1976   Venice Biennale 1970   Museum of Contempary Art, Chicago 1970   Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven 1970   Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris 1970   Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA, toured the US 1969   Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 1968   Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1968   Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1967   Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne 1967   Ileana Sonnabend, Paris 1966   Leo Castelli Gallery, New York 1966   Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 1965   Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia 1964   Ileana Sonnabend, Paris 1964   Leo Castelli Gallery, New York 1964   Stable Gallery, New York 1963   Fetus Gallery, Los Angeles 1962   Fetus Gallery, Los Angeles 1952   Andy Warhol: Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote, Hugo Gallery, New York

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