Marilyn Monroe artwork by Andy Warhol

Andrew Warhola (known as Andy Warhol) painted a variety of paintings of actress Marilyn Monroe after she committed suicide in 1962. Warhol set out to mass-produce his art using a method called screen printing. This method consists of enlarging and transferring a photo onto silk. A variety of colors are printed on a screen with a squeegee.

For his Marilyn Monroe paintings, Warhol used a Gene Korman photograph from a publicity shoot for the film Niagara. Andy Warhol painted Marilyn Monroe’s paintings with only one color: green, blue, lemon yellow and turquoise. He then silkscreened her face on top. In this way, he created different styles and represented many different colors. In the paintings, she was alone, multiplied in a grid, or doubled. After four months, the Andy Warhol paintings were complete. Andy Warhol published a portfolio of his Marilyn Monroe paintings in 1967.

Andy Warhol’s interest in fame inspired him to do his Marilyn Monroe paintings. Warhol admired Marilyn Monroe as a star. He was fascinated by her beauty and thought of her as a role model. In his artwork, he portrayed Monroe as not only beautiful, but also dark and mysterious. Warhol invented the phrase “fifteen minutes of fame,” which means that a celebrity like Monroe captures the public’s attention for a brief period of time. The media then moves on to other celebrities who fascinate the world.

Andy Warhol graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology with a concentration in pictorial design. After graduating, he began his career as a commercial illustrator. After unsuccessful attempts to exhibit his work in the 1960s, Warhol decided to incorporate pop culture into his artwork. Known as pop art, Warhol used everyday objects as subjects for his paintings. He became famous as “Pop Pope” for his paintings. In addition to Marilyn Monroe, Warhol painted other celebrities in “The Factory”, Andy Warhol’s studio in New York.

Those interested in Andy Warhol’s artwork and Marilyn Monroe’s paintings can view them at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Andy Warhol Museum is one of the largest single-artist museums in the world. The museum has more than four thousand works of art by Warhol. His artworks include paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, film, and video. In addition to Warhol’s artwork, visitors can find information about the life of Andy Warhol.