American artist and impresario whose work spanned various media
Andy Warhol was an American artist and impresario whose work spanned various media, including painting, filmmaking, photography, sculpture, and performance art. A leading figure in the pop art movement, his works explore the relationship between art, advertising, mass media, and celebrity culture that flourished in the 1960s. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962), Marilyn Diptych (1962), Silver Car Crash (1963), and Eight Elvises (1963). He also directed influential films such as Chelsea Girls (1966) and Blue Movie (1969); the latter is credited with jumpstarting the "Golden Age of Porn". Warhol is generally considered among the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century.
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