Pop Art Andy Warhol Elvis
As famous for his quips as for his art he variously mused that art is what you can get away with and everyone will be famous for 15 minutes warhol drew widely from popular culture and everyday subject matter creating works.
Pop art andy warhol elvis. Andy warhol elvis i ii buy canvas oil painting it is a work of art produced by andy warhol in 1963 elvis presley and pop art style arthipo offers you artistic prints only. Eight elvises is a 1963 silkscreen painting by american pop artist andy warhol of elvis presley in 2008 it was sold by annibale berlingieri for 100 million 111 2 million with fees to a private buyer making the painting the most valuable work by andy warhol. One of the most iconic images of 20th century art andy warhol s double elvis presents us with the image of idealised american manhood wryly exposed as a costumed interloper. By 1963 when this painting was made elvis whose hip shaking moves had scandalized some only a decade before.
The most influential of all pop art artists was born 92 years ago the art of andy warhol. Andy warhol created his first painting of elvis presley in 1963 portraying the king of pop dressed up as a cowboy with a gun in hand aimed at the viewer. In the early 1960s andy warhol turned to celebrities like marilyn monroe jacqueline kennedy and elizabeth taylor as artistic subject matter he produced several life sized portraits of elvis presley america s most famous rock and roll singer and sex symbol throughout the 1950s. Elvis presley dressed as a gunslinger in a publicity shot for the movie flaming star takes his place in a flat empty surface that for warhol functions as a looking glass that reflects the overlapping nuances of.
Modeled after a publicity still for the film flaming star 1960 the portrait is also the artist s only portrayal of a full length figure. Printed works are similar to original works. Buy the paintings of your favorite artists and decorate the walls of. Unquestionably one of the biggest artists of the 20th century and one of the most influential of all times andy warhol remains as contemporary as when he rose to prominence during the 1960 s with his unique pop art style that would endure for decades to come and as relevant today as it was.
Elvis i ii was created in 1963 by andy warhol in pop art style.