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 involves enlarging and transferring a photo to silk. A variety of colors are printed on a screen using a squeegee.

For his Marilyn Monroe paintings, Warhol used a Gene Korman photograph from a publicity shoot for the film, Niagara. Andy Warhol painted the Marilyn Monroe paintings with only one color: green, blue, lemon yellow, turquoise. He then passed a silk screen over her face. 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, Andy Warhol’s paintings were complete. Andy Warhol published a portfolio of his Marilyn Monroe paintings in 1967.

Andy Warhol’s interest in fame inspired him to make 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 her artwork, she 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 short period of time. Then the media turns 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 showcase his work in the 1960s, Warhol decided to incorporate pop culture into his artwork. Warhol, known as pop art, used everyday objects as subjects for his paintings. He became famous as the “Pope of Pop” for his paintings. In addition to Marilyn Monroe, Warhol painted other celebrities at “The Factory,” Andy Warhol’s studio in New York.

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