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 versions
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 US.
5. What year was he born?
He was born August 6th 1928.
6. How did Warhol describe his childhood home?
Warhol described it as “the most terrible place he had ever been in”.
7. What were the two childhood passions of Andy Warhol?
He had a passion for the Catholic religion and movie stars in magazines.
8. What age did Warhol move to New York City?
1949, he was 22 years old.
9. How much money did he have?
He was very poor at the time.
10. How much did he sell his first illustrations for?
His first illustration Pastries sold for $25 (or £12.50)
11. What did people call him?
People use to call 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?
Pop Art
14. When did Warhol finally break into the fine art world with an exhibition?
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?
They were death, money and celebrities.
18. Warhol said that shopping stores would become the new what?
The new museum
19. What phrase did Warhol invent to describe very famous people?
A 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?
58
25. What did he die of?
After gallbladder surgery, Warhol died of cardiac arrhythmia.
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