Andy Warhol Pop Art Artists

The difference between these artists is shown in their style and their popularity. The name Norman Rockwell is unfamiliar to many, including myself, but nearly everyone has heard of Andy Warhol. It’s strange, for someone has as active in politics as Rockwell, to be less known than Warhol. Both of these artists made ‘controversial’ pieces, but only one of them got the attention of the public. At the name, Rockwell was extraordinarily famous, but Warhol’s name is still used today.

Roy Brown lived in many different places during his life. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 10, 1925. His mother, Mahalia Jackson, was a church singer and organist. His father, Yancy Brown, was a plasterer as well as a bricklayer. Being a plasterer and bricklayer requires them to move a lot. During their move, Brown sang in churches and worked in the sugarcane field. Brown was raised in a spiritual household so it come to no surprise at age 12 he formed a quartet called Rookie four that sung religious songs; however, he wanted to become a professional boxer. Brown was always compared to his mother because their singing style was equivalent: voice, tone and precise articulation. Sadly his mother died two years later when he

During the late 1900’s, an aesthetic movement known as primitivism integrated itself into Modern art. African and Pacific Island motifs, fetishes, and design elements were adopted into the work of Modern artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Moore.19 The rise in popularity of these primitive inspired artworks helped to influence Black Americans in investigating and reconnecting with their own cultural heritage.20 One of the concerns facing Black Americans was how to merge the heritage of their ancestors with being an American. Through music, the Blues evolved from African tribal songs to songs workers would sing while laboring in the fields before and after slavery. When Black American migrated north, the Blues transformed into Jazz

James Van Der Zee was a photographer who was key for understanding the Harlem Renaissance, while also becoming known for his detailed imagery of African-American life.

Jacob Lawrence is an African-American artist born September 7th, 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When Lawrence was 7 he and his family moved from Atlantic City to Harlem, where he experienced the Harlem Renaissance and the Depression. In 1935 Lawrence studied at the Harlem Art Workshop under Charles Alston, where he started creating art with crayons and markers. Alton said that Lawrence was basically teaching himself and all he needed was someone to show him certain techniques and give him encouragement. In 1937 Lawrence received a two-year scholarship to the American Artists School in New York. While in attendance of the American Artists School, Lawrence began to lock down his style, which resembles block printing. Although Jacob Lawrence has created a lot of noteworthy work, his series The Migration of the Negro” is what got Lawrence to be the first

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was a very successful man in his lifetime. He was known as the father of the atomic bomb and is very important in history. Robert Oppenheimer stood out in his childhood, had many adults accomplishments, and had many major events later in his life.

There are many well known mobsters from the past including, Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Roy Gardner. The last Great American Train Robber was the infamous, Roy Gardner. He robbed U.S mail trucks, trains, and escaped prison multiple times. Roy was on the “Most Wanted” list of mobsters in the year of 1921.

The Roaring Twenties has another name, in fact. The 1920’s can be referred to as The Jazz Age. The 1920’s was a time for African American’s to express themselves through many different art forms. The Great Migration is what caused many chain events that led to the Jazz Age. The Great Migration brought a tremendous amount of African Americans from the rural south to the urban north. Most, if not all, of these African Americans left the rural south due to the lack of economic opportunities, and harsh laws against them. They were intrigued to move to cities in the North because of the better pay they would receive for less work than they were doing in the South, a higher standard of living conditions, better political rights and to take

The punk artwork was very influential to the cyberpunk era, through the art made at the time from music covers or poster designs. Jamie Reid being one of the key leaders in punk art. Working with the “Sex Pistols” from collaborations with Malcom McLaren after 1976, Jamie Reid made some of the most iconic poster designs of the 20th century. These were often very politically anti-establishment and specifically anti-monarchy infused. Many of his designs were black and white with very specific use of typography using mixtures and collages of fonts and sizes from different newspapers that have been merged together. One of his most iconic designs were for “Anarchy in the UK” featuring a ripped-up flag with typography and “God Save The Queen” most

By the 1920s, African Americans began to migrate to northern cities such as Chicago, New York for the search of a better opportunity. This was known as the “Jazz Age” or “The Roaring Twenties.”

"They 're all desperadoes, these kids, all of them with any life in their veins, the girls as well as the boys; maybe more than the boys."- Flaming Youth (1920sfashion). People were rebellious and desperate for enjoyment; just as teenagers are. They never held back and lived in the moment. The various personalities were role models and advocates for the change. With the emergence of mass media, the attraction of the silver screen and books arose. For some achieving fame was a byproduct of living in the 1920s. Life in the 1920s was exuberant and full of entertainment, the change in culture and style introduced various stars such as: Katherine Hepburn, Coco Chanel, Walt Disney, and F. Scott Fitzgerald (1920sfashion).

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) began his artistic career as a graffiti artist in the late 1970s before rising to international fame in the early 80s. Basquiat drew on many sources in his art, including world mythology, anatomy textbooks, philosophy, Leonardo da Vinci 's notebooks, African and Native American imagery, and poetry. His work is often considered to be exploring dichotomies, such as wealth an poverty, integration and separation, internal and external experience. Although Basquiat resisted being labeled a "black artist", social commentary runs through much of his work. This untitled painting, widely known as fallen angel, contains many elements typical of Basquiat 's paintings. It has bright colors, combined use of sharp

In the beginning of the 20th century was the modernism era. It included amazing and famous painters, sculptors, draughtsmen, and printmakers. In this era an amazing artist was born called Henri Matisse. He was born in 31, December 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambrésis in Northern France. He was a painter, sculptor, drafts man, and printmaker. His mother was an amateur painter and his father was a corn merchant. He studied law from 1887 to 1891 and then decided to go to Paris, to become a painter. He drew some amazing paintings and all of them had a story behind it. He drew paintings to pass time. He painted his first masterpiece in 1897, it was called The Dinner Table.

The artist that I decided to write my report on is Miles Davis. Miles Dewey Davis III was born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois and passed away on September 28, 1991 in Santa Monica, California. Miles Davis is remembered as one of the greatest Jazz musicians to ever live. He was one of the most influential Jazz artist of all time. Davis played the trumpet. He was shown the trumpet at the age of 13 when his father inspired him to start playing it. When Davis was only 13 years old, his father had one of his good friends Elwood Buchanan help him play the trumpet and Davis quickly caught on and had inordinate talent.

Did you know that Marc Chagall, just like Pablo Picasso, was a master at many different medias? Marc Chagall is a Belorussian born artist that spent most of his time working in France. He was a part of many great movements including Surrealism and Cubism. Chagall showed that no artist has to be a part of strictly one movement or style.