Marilyn Monroe Artwork by Andy Warhol

October 1st, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Andy Warhol


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Andrew Warhola (known as Andy Warhol) painted a variety of paintings of the actress Marilyn Monroe after she committed suicide in 1962. Warhol made it his goal to mass-produce his art by using a method called silk screen. This method involves enlarging and transferring a photo on to silk. A variety of colors are printed on to a screen using a rubber squeegee.

For his paintings of Marilyn Monroe, Warhol used a photograph by Gene Korman from a publicity shoot for the film, Niagara. Andy Warhol painted Marilyn Monroe’s paintings with one color: green, blue, lemon yellow turquoise. Next he silk screened her face on top. In this way, he created different styles and depicted many different colors. In the paintings, she was either by herself, multiplied in a grid or doubled. After four months, Andy Warhol‘s paintings were complete. Andy Warhol issued a portfolio of his Marilyn Monroe paintings in 1967.

Andy Warhol interest in fame inspired him to make his Marilyn Monroe paintings. Warhol admired Marilyn Monroe as a star. He was fascinated by her beauty and thought of her as a role model. In his art work, he portrayed Monroe as not only beautiful, but also dark and mysterious. Warhol invented the phrase, “fifteen minutes of fame” which means a celebrity such as Monroe catches the public’s attention for a short lived period of time. Then, the media moves on to other celebrities who fascinate the world.

Andy Warhol graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology with a major in pictorial design. After graduating, he started his career as a commercial illustrator. After failed attempts at exhibiting his work in the 1960s, Warhol decided to incorporate pop culture into his works of art. Known as pop art, Warhol used every day objects as subjects for his paintings. He became famous as “Pope of Pop” for his paintings. In addition to Marilyn Monroe, Warhol painted other celebrities in “The Factory”, Andy Warhol‘s studio in New York.

Those interested in Andy Warhol‘s artwork and paintings of Marilyn Monroe can view them at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Andy Warhol Museum is one of the biggest museums featuring only one artist in the world. The museum features more than four thousand works of art by Warhol. His works of art include paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, films and videos. In addition to Warhol‘s artwork, visitors can find information on Andy Warhol‘s life.

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Claude Monet Water Lilies 27.5 x 10 Print

September 16th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Famous Art

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Claude Monet Water Lilies: Morning 60 x 30 Print

September 2nd, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Famous Art

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Claude Monet Sunflowers, 1881 36 x 24 Print

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Childhood artwork of a World Famous Artist

August 27th, 2010 No Comments   Posted in Famous Art

In this video….take a peek into the amazing artistic talents of Robert Lyn Nelson when he was as young as 4 years old. He first started drawing at age 2 and painting landscapes and portraits at age 5. As a 13 year old he attended art classes at Chaffey College through scholarships awarded to him. His first one man show as a 14 year old was virtually sold out. RLN a truly incredible artistic talent…..

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