Essays on Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. His family was from Slovakia, a country in central Europe. As immigrants, his family struggled to support themselves in America’s time of economic distress. According to Biography, Warhol grew up immersed in his Slovakian…

I remember the first time I saw Andy Warhol’s artworks was about ten years ago at an exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan. At that time, I was not a big fan of Andy Warhol and I didn’t understand why all the works that only show some…

Pop art was a movement which emerged mainly in the United Kingdom and the Untied States in the 1950s. This particular movement centered around art which took inspiration from mass culture, celebrities, and other popular movements. Three artists who dominated the movement were Andy Warhol,…

Introduction Art can be seen as a way of communication. Art influences society in an abundance of ways such as introducing values and even shifting opinions. Art can also be a way to showcase one’s beliefs or critiques on society. For instance, Andy Warhol’s screen…

Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928. He and his family immigrated from eastern Slovakia in the early 1920s, He grew up during the Great Depression in an urban area in an industrial city. At the age of 6, he became…

Introduction I was first introduced to Andy Warhol at my old school, Pathways. We were assigned to do some of his artwork on Adobe Photoshop and this is when I became interested in his artwork and the techniques he used. I chose to do my…

Introduction From first glance, American society during the mid-1900s was one of a new found creativity and pop culture. After the struggles of the Great Depression and World War II in the 1930s and 1940s, people in the U.S. found a relief in the new…

New Type of Culture Born in 1928, most of Andy Warhol’s adult life was spent during the years of an economic bomb and the growing cultural of mass production and consumerism. After World War II, the way production was conducted changed forever with faster and…