Andy Warhol Art

Posted by Martin Davis on May 21st, 2021

Andy Warhol one of the most notable artists of the 20th century, turned his fascination with pop art and advertising into iconic works of art. Warhol had a successful career as an illustrator in New York City before standing out as an artist with his paintings and celebrity portraits "32 Campbell's Soup Cans." He worked in a variety of media, including screen printing, sculpture, photography, and film. Warhol opened a studio in New York called The Factory, where everyone from intellectuals and activists to celebrities and drag queens gathered. He laid the groundwork for artists that followed like Keith Haring and Jeff Koons. Bidsquare presents Andy Warhol Arts for sale. Bid on famous Andy Warhol art for sale available at auction.

When he graduated from college with his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1949, Warhol moved to New York City to pursue a career as a commercial artist. It was also at this time that he dropped the "a" at the end of his last name to become Andy Warhol. He landed a job at Glamor magazine in September and became one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s. He won frequent awards for his singularly whimsical style, using his own technique of erased lines and rubber stamps to create his drawings.

In the late 1950s, Warhol began to pay more attention to painting and, in 1961, he debuted the concept of "pop art," paintings that focused on mass-produced commercial products. In 1962, he exhibited Campbell's now-iconic soup can paintings. These small canvases of everyday consumer products created quite a stir in the art world, bringing Warhol and pop art to the national spotlight for the first time. We can explore more about Andy Warhol art for sale in Bidsquare.

British artist Richard Hamilton described pop art as "popular, transitory, expendable, inexpensive, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, sophisticated, glamorous, big business." As Warhol himself put it: "Once you 'have' pop, you can't ever see a sign the same way again. And once you think of pop, you'll never see America the same way again."  Andy Warhol auction featured Coca-Cola bottles, vacuum cleaners, and hamburgers.