1. How much did one of Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe works of art sell for?

$28,000,000

2. How many versions are there?

20

3. What prediction did he make about being famous in the future?

He predicted that in the future, everyone will become famous for 15 minutes.

4. Where was he born?

He was born in Pitsburg, Pennsylvania in the United States.

5. What year was he born?

He was born in 1928 on August 6th.

6. How did Warhol describe his childhood home?

He described it as the most terrible place he had ever been in.

7. What were the two childhood passions of Andy Warhol?

He was passionate about the Catholic religion and movie stars in magazines.

8. What age did Warhol move to New York City?

1949

9. How much money did he have?

He was very poor.

10. How much did he sell his first illustrations for?

He sold his first illustration Pastries for $25 (£12.50).

11. What did people call him?

People called him ‘Raggedy Andy’.

12. What was Andy Warhol obsessed with when he looked around?

He was obsessed with the 50s consumer revolution.

13. What art movement is Warhol associated with?

The Pop Art movement.

14. When did Warhol finally break into the fine art world with an exhibition?

In 1962.

15. What was the name of his studio?

The Factory

16. What industrial technique did Warhol discover in the early 1960s?

Silkscreen printing

17. What were Warhol’s favourite themes?

Death, money and celebrities.

18. Warhol said that shopping stores would become the new what?

Museum

19. What phrase did Warhol invent to describe very famous people?

Superstar

20. What happened to Warhol in June 1968?

He bought his first hand-held video camera.

21. What does SCUM stand for?

 Society for Cutting up Men

22. How much did Warhol’s Green Car Crash work of art sell for?

$72,000,000

23. How did Warhol describe good business?

The best art.

24. What age did Warhol die?

Age 58

25. What did he die of?

After gallbladder surgery, Warhol died of cardiac arrhythmia.

 

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