Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is a key figure in Pop Art, an art movement that emerged in America and elsewhere in the 1950s to become prominent over the years. With one of Andy Warhol's brilliantly colored image of Marlin Monroe became very popular. Andy Warhol made his first Pop Art painting, based on comics and ads, in 1961, and then a series of Campbell's Soup Cans in 1962. These created a sensation in the art world and launched Andy Warhol as a ...

What is Pop Art? You must have seen the Barack Obama's pop art printed on t-shirts, mugs and other items during his campaign. Simple line work with vibrant colors that is what pop art is. Pop art was and is popularly used in comic books and advertising for having a direct approach for masses. (more...) ...