POP ART

POP ART

1. ANDY WARHOL

   • MOVED TO nY IN 1959
   • WAS BORN IN 1928 PITTSBURG PENNSILVANIA
   • DISCOVERED HIS PASSION WHILE RECOVERING FROM A LIVER DISEASE
   • HE WAS HYPOCONDRIAC
   • DIED IN FEBRUARY 22 1987 IN nEW yORK
   • FOUNDED THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART IN 1979
   • HE CALLED HIS STUDIO THE FACTORY
   • HIS MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING
     • THE EIGHT ELVIS
       • SOLD IN 100 MILLION DOLLARS

2. kEITH HARING

   • BORN IN MAY 4TH 1958
     • kUTZTOWN PENNSYLVANIA
   • HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD AT HIS FIRST PUBLIC SHOW
   • IN 1978 HE MOVED TO NEW YORK
     • STARTED DRAWING IN BLACK SPOTS IN THE SUBWAY
   • HE PAINTED THE WALLS IN HIS FIRST SHOW
   • HE OPENED A STORE TO SELL HIS ART
     • tHE POP SHOP
   • WORKED WITH CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS
   • IN 1988 HE GOT AIDS
   • HE DIED IN 1990 AT THE AGE OF 32

3. ROY LICHTENSTEIN

   • WAS BORN IN OCTOBER 27TH 1923
     • MANHATTAN NEW YORK
   • BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS COMIC STRIP CARTOONS
   • HE LIKED PAINTING IN HIS FREE TIME
   • HE ACHIEVED A MASTER DEGREE IN FINE ART
     • AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
   • 1961 HE CREATED HIS FIRST POP ART PAINTING
   • WELL KNOWN FOR COMBINING TWO PAINTING STYLES
   • GOT HIS INSPIRATION FROM CARTOONS , NEWSPAPERS , ADVERTISEMENTS AND REAL LIFE
   • IMITATED THE COLORS OF PRINTER´S INK
   • USES DOTS AND STRIPES IN HIS PAINTINGS
   • DIED IN 1997