Discover cinematographer, photographer, graphic artist Andy Warhol

Name variations

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: Varchola, Andrej
Warhola, Andrej
Warhola, Andrew

Qualifications: cinematographer, photographer, graphic artist, installation artist, performance artist, painter, draftsperson
producer of the band 'The Velvet Underground'

Nationality/school: American
Polish-Slovak parents

Born: McKeesport (Pennsylvania)/Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) 1928-08-06

Deceased: Manhattan (New York) 1987-02-22
Warhol died of complications after a gallbladder operation

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

This person/entity in other databases

3 hits in RKDimages as artist
123 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
8 hits in RKDlibrary as author
1 hit in RKDlibrary as illustrator

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Biographical information

Education: Carnegie Institute of Technology (Pittsburgh)

1945-1949

Active in

Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) 1945 - 1950
studie 'Pictorial Design' aan het Carnegie Institute of Technology; als student werkzaam als etaleur
Manhattan (New York) 1950 - 1987
since 1952 living together with his mother (until her death in 1972); founded the 'Andy Warhol Enterprises' in 1957; 1953: first own studio (in an old fire station); 1963: Warhol makes his first film ('Sleep'), between 1963 and 1968 Warhol would make at least 160 films; 1964: Warhol takes over a deepening of a commercial institution and calls this 'The Factory'; 1968: opening second 'Factory' at Union Square; June 1968: victim of an almost fatal assassination attempt in the second 'Factory'. 1968: in Stockholm the first major retrospective in Europe, the exhibition then moved to the 'Stedelijk Museum' in Amsterdam
Parijs 1965

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Connections with other artists

Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Willner, René
Influenced by In contrast with ‘follower of’, we speak of ‘influenced by’ when an artist was influenced outside the context of an educational setting or servile following. An artist can be influenced by several artists at once, or in succession. In addition, there may be question of a transition to a personal style which may demonstrate development.: Sherman, Editta
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Baechler, Donald
Dahn, Walter
Vidokle, Anton

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: portrait, portrait, portrait, still life
has portrayed many celebrities including Mao, Lenin Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy (Cueff 2009)

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: Pop

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 123 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
8 hits in RKDlibrary as author

Baigell 1979 , p. 367 (as:)
Rubinstein 1982 , p. 559 (as:)
North American painters 1985 , p. 189 (as:)
Honnef 1992 , p. 238 (as:)
Witt Checklist 1995 , p. 531 (as: Warhol, Andy)
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 14, p. 451-454 (as: Warhol, Andy, de son vrai nom: Varchola, Andrej ou Warhola)
Boomgaard/Rutten 2003 , p. 10, 29, 97
Saur 1999-2000 , as: Warhol, Andy

M. Livingstone [ed.], cat.tent. Pop Art, London (Royal Academy of Arts), Keulen (Museum Ludwig), Madrid (Centro de Arte Reina Sofia), 1991/1992, p. 293
S.H. Madoff [ed.], Pop Art - a critical history, Berkeley [CA] [etc.] (California University Press) 1997, p. 266-301
Vlg. New York (Sotheby) 31-10-1998, nr. 1351-1405 (grafiek)
Vlg. Los Angeles (Christie's) 13-12-1999, 'Prints by Andy Warhol from a private collection'
V. Pécoil, 'Brand Art. Vincent Pécoil on art after Warhol', Art Monthly 265 (2003), p. 1-4
R. Sigrist, 'Jasper Johns:''Flag'', 1954-55', Georges-Bloch-Jahrbuch des Kunsthistorischen Instituts der Universität Zürich (2001), p.204-223
D. Carrier, 'The Political Art of Jacques-Louis David and his Modern-Day American Successors', Art History 26 (november 2003), p. 730-751
K.M. Cresap, Pop Trickster Fool: Warhol Performs Naivete, Champaign (Ill.) 2004
K. Devine Thomas, 'Authenticating Andy', Artnews 103, nr. 8 (september 2004), p. 128-137
W. V. Ganis, Andy Warhol's Serial Photography, New York 2004
J.-H. Martin, Andy Warhol: The Late Work, tent.cat., New York 2004
R. Prince (e.a.), 'My Warhol', in: Artforum International, dl. XLIII, nr. 2, october 2004, p. 142-155
G. Mercurio, D. Morera, The Andy Warhol show, Milano 2005
D.McCarthy, 'Andy Warhol's Silver Elvises: meaning through context at the Ferus Gallery in 1963', Art Bulletin, juni 2006, p. 354-372
Meyer-Hermann 2007 (zie RKDlibrary), p. 02.32.00-02.43.00
Frehner 2008 (zie RKDlibrary), p. 206
C. Turner, 'Andy goes to China', Modern painters 9 (2008), p. 90-95
L. Lin, 'Zhengzhi bopu', Modern painters 9 (2008), p. 96-97
Cueff 2009 (zie RKDlibrary).
B.H.D. Buchloh, Andy Warhol. A special issue, October 132, Spring 2010, passim
Szarkowski, John: Mirrors and Windows. American Photography since 1960 (tent.cat. New York, 1978) (NFM)
Krichbaum, 1981, p. 191 (NFM)
Billeter, E.:, Selbstporträt (1985) (NFM)
Committed to Print 1988, p. 115 (NFM)
Co Je Fotografie, Prague, 1989, p. 349 (NFM)
De la photographie, 1989, Biographies. (NFM)
RILA 15 13769 (1989) (NFM)
Lempertz Auktion 657, nov. 1990, p. 106 (NFM)
Honnef, K.: Contemporary Art, 1990, p. 237 (NFM)
Van Deren Coke: Forecast (tent.cat. 1994) (NFM)
Contemporary Photographers (3rd ed. 1995) (NFM)
Scheps, M. / Misselbeck, R.: Photographie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Museum Ludwig Köln (1996) (NFM)
Dictionnaire de la Photo (Larousse, 1996) (NFM)
Das zweite Gesicht (exh. cat, München 2002) (NFM)
GEH database (NFM)
Lenman, Robin (ed.): The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (2005) (NFM)
E.D. Powers, ' Yhird Party Politics: Andy Warhol's Vote McGovern', Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 75/3 (2012), p. 391-

http://www.warholfoundation.org (februari 2013)

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Creation date: 1991-10-23; Last modified date: 2023-05-17

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