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Marilyn Diptych. The Marilyn Diptych ( 1962) is a silkscreen painting by American pop artist Andy Warhol depicting Marilyn Monroe. The monumental work is one of the artist's most noted of the movie star. The painting consists of 50 images. [ 2] Each image of the actress is taken from the single publicity photograph from the film Niagara (1953).
Andy Warhol ( / ˈwɔːrhɒl /; [ 1] born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century. [ 2][ 3][ 4] His works explore the ...
This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
Georgia O'Keeffe holds the record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman. On November 20, 2014 at Sotheby's, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art bought her 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 for US$44.4 million (equivalent to US$57.2 million in 2023). [ 14][ 15] Among the listed top 89, only six are paintings by ...
Athletes is a 1977 series of silkscreen portraits by American artist Andy Warhol.Commissioned by Richard Weisman, the series consists of ten multi-colored portraits of the most celebrated athletes of the time: Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chris Evert, Rod Gilbert, O.J. Simpson, Pelé, Tom Seaver, Willie Shoemaker, Dorothy Hamill, and Jack Nicklaus.
Andrew Newell Wyeth ( / ˈwaɪɛθ / WY-eth; July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was an American visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He believed he was also an abstractionist, portraying subjects in a new, meaningful way. The son of N. C. Wyeth and father of Jamie Wyeth, he was one of the ...
National Gallery of Art: Washington DC USA: Oil on canvas 189 × 139 cm Portrait of a man in armour: 1625–1627 Cincinnati Art Museum: Cincinnati USA: Oil on canvas 137,2 × 121,3 Portrait of Jan van Monfort: 1626–1628 Kunsthistorisches Museum: Vienna AUT: Oil on canvas 114,5 × 88,5 cm Portrait of Johannes Baptista Franck: 1626–1632
March 11, 1876. Died. January 1, 1952. (1952-01-01) (aged 75) Alma mater. Art Students League of New York. Kenneth Hayes Miller (March 11, 1876 – January 1, 1952) was an American painter, printmaker, and teacher.