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Painter, 1928 to 1987

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol came to New York in 1949 to draw shoes for magazines. Thirteen years later he painted a tin of soup, then every other flavour of it, and the idea of what a painting could be changed again.

Born
1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died
1987, New York
Movement
Pop art
In New York
3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Andy Warhol in New York

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

The Museum of Modern Art2 works

  1. Campbell's Soup Cans

    1962

    Thirty-two small canvases, each a tin of soup painted by hand to look printed, identical but for the name of the flavour. They hang in a grid, in the order the company brought the soups out.

  2. Gold Marilyn Monroe

    1962

    The actress's face, taken from a publicity photograph and printed in garish colour, small in the middle of a large field of gold, like the saint in an icon. He made it in the weeks after her death.

Whitney Museum of American Art1 work

  1. Green Coca-Cola Bottles

    1962

    Seven rows of sixteen bottles, printed a little unevenly, over the company's logo. What was great about America, he said, was that the richest and the poorest drank the same thing.

The life of Andy Warhol

Warhol was born in Pittsburgh in 1928, the son of immigrants from what is now Slovakia, and was a successful commercial artist through the 1950s. In 1962 he showed thirty-two canvases of Campbell's soup, one for each variety, lined up on a shelf like goods in a shop. The same year he began to print his pictures by silkscreen, so that they could be repeated without end.

His studio, which he called the Factory, turned out paintings, films, a magazine and a rock band. He was shot and nearly killed there in 1968. He died in a New York hospital in 1987 after routine surgery. His works are still under copyright and are not pictured here.

What to know

  • Painted thirty-two Campbell's Soup Cans in 1962, one for each flavour
  • Called his studio the Factory
  • Said that in the future everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes
Born
6 August 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died
22 February 1987, New York

Andy Warhol: common questions

Where can you see Andy Warhol in New York?
At the Museum of Modern Art: Campbell's Soup Cans and Gold Marilyn Monroe. At the Whitney Museum of American Art: Green Coca-Cola Bottles. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Andy Warhol's most famous work in New York?
Campbell's Soup Cans, of 1962, at the Museum of Modern Art. Thirty-two small canvases, each a tin of soup painted by hand to look printed, identical but for the name of the flavour. They hang in a grid, in the order the company brought the soups out.
When and where was Andy Warhol born?
On 6 August 1928, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Andy Warhol died on 22 February 1987, at New York, aged about 59.
What is Andy Warhol known for?
Painted thirty-two Campbell's Soup Cans in 1962, one for each flavour. Called his studio the Factory. Said that in the future everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes. Andy Warhol was an American painter, of Pop art.

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