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Today we are learning about Pop Art. In this video, we are going to find out about a famous artist called Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol was a Pop Artist. He used a technique called screen printing to create lots of prints that look the same. He often changed the colours of the pictures.

Warhol did most of his painting during the 1960’s. This was an exciting time in popular culture. New kinds of music, art, books, and movies were being created. This inspired Warhol to look at art in a new way. Warhol’s art showed what was popular in American culture. It was different from anything that had been created before. Many people didn’t take his work seriously.

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Early Career

Andy began his career as a commercial artist. His drawings appeared in many fashion magazines. Warhol made a lot of money, but he still dressed in torn, sloppy clothes. His friends called him, “Raggedy Andy.”

Warhol’s Work

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Many commercial artists admired Warhol’s work, but many in the fine arts did not consider him to be a real artist. This upset Warhol. He wanted people to think

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and not just a magazine illustrator. So, Warhol began painting ordinary

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and displaying them in museums. Here he painted a character from an old cartoon.

Making Patterns

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Andy Warhol often used very bright colours in his work. He used repeated images to make patterns.

Famous Portraits

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Warhol made lots of portraits of iconic people. Do you know who this is? It is Muhammad Ali

Using Colour

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What do you notice about the colours in this portrait

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Repeating Images

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Andy Warhol used repeated images of famous people in different colours to create some of his most famous portraits.

Self Portrait

Warhol was fascinated by famous faces and carefully created a celebrity image of his own, wearing a wild white wig to make sure he stood

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people.

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Today, Andy Warhol is remembered as

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the most important American artists. He helped make Pop Art important and popular around the world. For the first time, people realized that cartoons, movie stars, and soup cans could be art.

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Andy Warhol Today

If Andy Warhol was alive today… How about a portrait

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Who do you think would be a good famous person for him to make a portrait of? Why?