Andy Warhol remains as one of the most iconic artists to this day.
Even after his death, his art portrayed famous icons, as was his main focus. Andy Warhol was a leading inspiration in the pop art movement for everyday people to have their own pieces of art.
a foundation was made for him in 1987, in accordance with Andy Warhol's will, its mission was to help in the advancement of the visual arts.
Andy Warhol was, to say the least a bit of a snob, he used to spend a lot of time with famous people at parties and other social and celebratory events. During the 50s, they were just coming out of the war. Everything was dull, uniforms and wreckage was plain black and white, but Andy Warhol saw past that and produced vibrant colours to portray the famous icons of the past and present. His popularity continued onwards past the 60s and revolutionised pop art today.
The term Pop Art, derived from the words popular art is exactly what it was and what it became.
In my opinion, this was a turning point in history for art, resembling and capturing the image of many a famous person, this did indeed push art not just to the rich but to everyday people and spreading its popularity and freedom to right to art.
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