Desktop Wallpapers: ANDY WARHOL Portrait and CHAIRMAN MAO Pop Art Painting

I whipped up these 2 Andy Warhol Desktop Wallpapers for use by cool Warhol Fans ONLY! The 1st one uses graphics from his Pop Art Masterpiece, "Chairman Mao" ( It's a cropped close-up of the artwork ) & the 2nd one is a RARE Black & White Photo of Andy Warhol himself. Be sure to check out our many other Andy Warhol Background at this blog, the ANDY-BLOG!

MARK KOSTABI: Post-Modern Pop Artist Paintings

In the 1980's one of my favorite artists was a guy named MARK KOSTABI. He's still a favorite of mine today. He was kinda famous for being one of those artists who hardly ever paints his own paintings, a lot like Andy Warhol, ha ha. One of his gimmicks is to appropriate images from famous art masterpieces & blend them into his own artwork. Here's a few examples. If you look at his 3 paintings here you'll be sure to see examples from Art History. There's Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondrian, Mark Rothko, Pablo Picasso, Matisse, Dali, & of course, Andy Warhol. Oh yeah, one last thing, the painting of the artist who has hung himself...that's a Desktop Wallpaper. Click on it for a larger version.

Fine Art Painting: WARHOL WIG ON LITTLE KID By Ron English

From my ANDY BLOG it's kinda obvious that I'm a HUGE Fan of Pop Art, or any kind of ART really! One of my favorite "Modern Day" Pop Artists is a guy named Ron English. He uses a lot of Pop Culture references in his work & sometimes he's very political. He's becoming quite popular so many readers might already know about him, great stuff!! Here's one of his Pop Art paintings showing a pre-adolescent Andy Warhol. ( I love the Silver "Fright Wig" on this little kid, ha ha! ). Every time I see this painting it cracks me up! Plus, it's a well-executed piece of ART. If you'd like to see more work by this guy be sure to check out his website:
CLICK HERE - RON ENGLISH POPAGANDA ART!

Who's Andy Warhol POP ART Painting Portrait is This?

One of my favorite aspects to Andy Warhol's art are the many portraits he did of famous and/or rich people. These Pop Art paintings have become icons in the art world & the "style" is copied by many graphic artists today. Here are 2 examples of one such portrait. Now, the thing that's driving me crazy is I got this picture ( and was gonna publish the information ) from an Australian Government website but I totally forgot the name of it & lost the bookmark! This guy was a high official for their government & had his portrait done. Arrrggghhh, oh well, you can still enjoy it's beauty, ha ha!

DESKTOP WALLPAPER: Andy Warhol's Bright Pink & Yellow Marilyn Monroe POP ART Painting

I thought I'd do a really quick post today & give you guys a cool ANDY WARHOL Wallpaper you can use to brighten your computer's desktop or as a background in a MySpace Layout! It features the famous Marilyn Monroe Painting that he did in the 60's. It's bright pink & yellow, a Classic! I know it looks kinda weird with the image on the right but go ahead & give it a try, you'll like it!

Video: Actor Hugh Grant Sells 1960's Andy Warhol POP ART Portrait Painting of Elizabeth Taylor For $23.7 Million

The real-life movie star Hugh Grant has made more than £9 million ( approx. $23.7 Million ) after auctioning off an Andy Warhol Pop Art portrait painting of Elizabeth Taylor ( Titled "Liz Colored Liz" ) at Christie's Auction House in New York City. Yes, 23.7 Million Dollars!!!

ANDY WARHOL POP ART: Desktop Background Wallpapers

Up for your viewing pleasure are these 2 ever-so-delightful Andy Warhol ART Wallpapers you can use in a MySpace layout or just to brighten your desktop! The 1st one is his Classic 1960's Pop Art Marilyn Monroe portrait and the 2nd one is a Green "Fright Wig" portrait from the 80's. I just got back from a trip to the Modern Art Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas where they had this on exhibit & it was amazing! Very much worth the drive there for sure.

WARHOL'S BRILLO BOX SCULPTURE Desktop WALLPAPER

My favorite artwork by Andy Warhol is the BRILLO BOX Sculpture. Here's a great photograph of it you can use as desktop wallpaper or a background in a MySpace Layout! Just click on the small photo for a larger-sized photograph. Be sure to check the ANDY-BLOG ARCHIVES for more Warhol Wallpapers, enjoy!!

KEITH HARING Pop Artist Painting of Andy Warhol

During the 1980's, when Keith Haring because a large ART STAR, he became very good friends with Warhol. They even exchanged some art work & Keith did a great portait of Andy called ANDY MOUSE ( See above ). I have included a LINK to the official Keith Haring Website that's located on the top right-hand side of the ANDY-BLOG!

New Andy Warhol Interview Book : I'll Be Your Mirror

This is my 1st Warhol-Related BOOK REVIEW & if you're a big Andy Warhol Fan then I highly recommend this book! The title is "I'll Be Your Mirror, The Selected Andy Warhol Interviews". Edited by Kenneth Goldsmith ©2004. This book basically reprints many real-life interviews done with Andy, 37 of them! The interviews were usually conducted by reporters & art critics from 1962-1987. It contains 29 photographs. In many of the interviews Andy was "typical Warhol" just answering questions with yes or no, no matter what the question was, ha ha. Other times though he had alot of very thought provoking things to say. Like, in one interview, he makes the statement "Everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes". In another he talks about his Death & Disaster series in a very touching way. Some critics felt he exploited the imagery of people commiting suicide or being dead but his actual message is that these people were usually not talked about by the media or just used as a sound-bite. After reading what he has to say you come to the understanding that he really cared about these people & felt that all people are important, even if you're not a famous person. They cover all aspects of his art from the wacky Campbell's Soup Cans all the way to his very religious Last Supper paintings. This book was so good I usually had a problem putting it down. I kinda skipped thru the ones covering his film carreer but most of them are about his art & ideas about art / business.....a great book! If you really wanna "know" Andy then I suggest getting this book at your favorite liabary or you can use the link I have provided & get it at a great price at Amazon Books.

PETER MAX Pop Art Painting of Andy Warhol!

Here's an exremely nice piece of art painted by the famous Pop Artist PETER MAX. This is his idea of a portriat of Andy Warhol with a mustache! Recently I went kinda nuts creating new LINK BUTTONS for this blog & PETER MAX's website is one that I added. You can find it in the top left-hand side of this blog, just below Profile. You should go check out his site because it's pretty cool but please be sure to BOOKMARK my page before ya leave. Oh yeah, and tell all your friends about it!

ROY LICHTENSTEIN Warhol Polaroid Photo Portriat!

Here's a really nice color Poloroid photo taken of famous POP Artist ROY LICHTENSTEIN by Andy Warhol in 1975. I have started to add LINK BUTTONS to other artists that are sort of related to Warhol's Art ( Keith Haring, Jean-Micheal Basquiat, Peter Max, etc..). A new one to check out is The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. Look for my LINKS on the top left-hand side of the page, just under PROFILE. Please remember to BOOKMARK my page before you leave, Enjoy!

NEW Warhol Stencil Art Print by SHEPARD FARLEY!

Shepard Farley is a modern day STENCIL GRAFITTI Artist I really respect. I know you've seen his work, he's very famous for doing the image of Andre The Giant with the word OBEY. Anyways, he recently did am art print that honors great "Thinking People" & this one shown up above is one of Warhol! I think he sells these at his website so you should check it out.

Warhol Paints ART CAR for BMW ( Video )

Warhol Painting BMW for ART CARS Series ( Wallpaper )

BMW is famous for its "ART CARS", a series dating back to the 1970's where famous artists use a real BMW car as their canvas. One year BMW asked Warhol to paint one of their cars, a BMW M1 Race Car. All the other artists first of all painted their pattern on a scaled-down model and then had this transferred to the car by assistants, the Pop Art legend Andy Warhol painted the 470 hp BMW M1 himself from start to finish. On the subject of his sweeping brush and finger strokes, he said: "I tried to portray speed pictorially. If a car is moving really quickly, all the lines and colors are blurred." Warhol's rolling work of art had its first and only race outing at the 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1979, when it was sixth in the overall ranking. A few select group of artists have painted these for BMW including David Hockney, Roy Lichtnstein, Keith Haring, & others. But we all know Warhol's car is the best! ( Click the Small Pics for Larger Ones, The Car Picture is Big Enough To Be PC Wallpaper!! ).

FAME: Andy Warhol Commissioned Portraits

Andy was very well known for taking on clients to do portraits in the 1970's & 80's. These are some of my most favorite kind of Warhol images he worked on. Also, these pictures are kind of hard to find since most went to a person's private home. But, sometimes they reach auction or are publicized & we can see a few, enjoy!

Andy Warhol POP ART Wallpaper # 1 ( Mammy )

Here's a wonderful image I found on the net that I knew had to be desktop wallpaper or a background in a MySpace layout! It's an Andy Warhol image you don't see that often & is from a series of fine art prints depicting great AMERICAN MYTHS. This one is titled MAMMY, she's beautiful!
( Click on the Small Picture to See Large Wallpaper ).

Introduction to This Andy Warhol Fan-Site BLOG.

This BLOG is an attempt to highlight the career of America's Greatest POP ARTIST, Andy Warhol! I have been a HUGE Warhol Fan for most of my life & will be writing articles in this BLOG to express that. So, please be sure to BOOKMARK this page because it will always be updated with new content. There will also be humor, Videos, photographs, art auction results, DVD & book reviews, plus PC Wallpaper to perk-up your desktop! Also, remember to check out the archives for more articles & check out the many LINK Buttons provided, especially The WARHOL Museum. I hope you enjoy it. Thanx, Tommy.