ANDY WARHOL (AMERICA)
Was born under the name Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, PA/USA. He was an important and versatile pop-artist. After graduating in painting and design from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Warhol moved to New York in 1949 to pursue his career as a commercial artist. Despite his success in this field, Warhol wanted to be an independent artist. At the beginning of the 1960s he began to use motifs from commercial advertising for his pictures. His meanwhile world-famous works such as Campbell’s Soup Cans, Disaster, Electric Chairs were first met with total incomprehension. He worked with techniques such as screen printing and stenciling. His success grew and grew and he founded the studio The Factory, which was located at 47th Street in New York.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2013 | De Chirico / Warhol: Self-Portraits, Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz |
| Le Pont – MAC Musées d´Art Contemporain Marseille | |
| This is Not a Love Song – La Virreina – Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona | |
| Neuerwerbungen Frühjahr 2013 – Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf | |
| The Whole Earth – Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin | |
| Iconic Moments – Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City | |
| Beg, Borrow and Steal – Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs | |
| 2012 | Fifty Artists, Fifty Years, The Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Andy Warhol: Fame and Misfortune, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio | |
| Portraits of Andy Warhol, Ibercaja Obra Social, Zaragoza | |
| 2011 | Villa Schöningen, Potsdam |
| Rivoluzione Warhol, Centro Saint Benin, Aosta | |
| Warhol Headlines, National Gallery of Art, Washington | |
| American Icons: Andy Warhol and Cars, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair |
