American art in the early 1960s, with Abstract Expressionism enjoying post-war popularity, was not exactly the sort of arena where one would expect to find 32 canvas paintings of soup cans and acknowledge themas fine art. This was the problem for Andy Warhol, when in 1962 he presented Campbell’s Soup Cans at Irving Blum’s Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. Described…
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Invented in Flanders in the 15th century, oil painting enabled the greatest artists to express their artistic self and leaves traces of history-writing talents until today. Contemporary Art was born following the Second World War, in the second half of the 20th century. Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is the undisputed master of Pop Art and New Realism. Few…
