Why did Andy Warhol paint Campbells Soup?
Good question! If you read abit about Andy Warhol, you will learn about this and about the school of art of which he was a part…some call it “Pop Art.” Which is abit funny since he did Coca Cola as one of his paintings! Andy Warhol began in the 1960’s to paint famous American products such as the Campbell’s soup cans you mentioned. He also did paintings of Coca-Cola. Then, he decided to change gears abit, and he switched to silkscreen prints, (Marilyn Monroe, Mao, JFK, and other famous people, were a large part of what he did with the silkscreen prints- they were popular icons and famous people) trying not only to poke fun at “mass produced” items, but to also mass produce the art himself, through his art. And he did that very, very well. As you will find out in reading about him, much of Warhol’s work revolves around American popular (“pop”) culture. He also painted money, food, numerous celebrities, and common every day things we take for granted. To Warhol, these subjects represen
