Andy Warhol

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This paper presents an overview of the artwork of Andy Warhol. The paper begins by defining Warhol's work as original and creative. The writer then offers some background on the artist, including details of his family, education, and upbringing. The paper explains how Warhol instituted the art form known today as pop art.

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"Warhol received his education at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh from 1945 to 1949. Subsequently, he moved to New York where he began working as a commercial artist for newspapers and magazines. Even his early worked showed sign of originality and are described by Mark Livingstone as "charming and often whimsical in tone, typified by outline drawings using a delicate blotted line that gave even the originals a printed appearance" (Livingstone). It was his shoe advertisements for Miller and Sons that were noticed and admired, which help him earn major awards from the Art Directors Club. (Livingstone) Warhol continued his commercial work but was determined to establish his name as a painter."

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