20th century

20th century

Marilyn: Andy Warhol's worship of Hollywood film goddesses began in his youth in Pittsburgh, where he pored over movie magazines and made copies of glossy fashion ads featuring starlets like Hedy Lamarr. In New York, his preoccupation with movie queens manifested itself most famously in his iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe, which he began only weeks after her tragic death in August 1962.

- Posted on January 21, 2009

I believe that fourth graders should see this beautiful artistic design of art work because the color patterns in this piece of masterpiece with the pink ladies and the yellow lips are just interesting to look at. Also, the fact of the facial expression on the ladies' face. The green in the skin just mixes so nicely with the pinkish purple background. I love the texture mixingness of the colors even though at first glance it seems like it would not work but it does.

I would show this to a group of fourth graders mostly because of the bright colors. The painting almost looks alive with all the movement. It would catch the kids attention and help them relate to it. I would also choose this painting, because it has Marilyn Monroe in it. The kids would reconize her and be drawn into the painting. The last reason I would choose this painting is because, I could teach the kids more about the past.

As a Museum Docent I would show this painting to 4th graders because it is a wonderful shrine of the hollywood success, Marilyn Monroe, and it demonstrates the amazing phenomonon artists that is Andy Warhol. His revolotutionary style of pop art was a artitstry break through.

This is definitely one of my favorite pieces. I like it because I love Marylin Monroe because she a fantastic person and actress. I had the tremendous pleasure to meet Miss Marylin Monroe when i visited New York, New York. I had seen how beautiful she was, but I did not know that she had such a splendid personality. It is because of this that i wanted to paint her in one of my pieces.

When I created this piece of art, I began with the idea of this country's obsession with using unnatural methods to maintain our perfect expectations of how glamorous stars should look. I used a fun bright shade of neon pink because pink is generally associated with glamour. Marilyn's skin is flawless and her eyes are lit up with an eye-catching color eyeshadow and vivid lipstick. The makeup and perfectly styled hair give viewers an image of how much work we put into looking fantastic, which is not always worth it in the long run.

I decided to sell this painting because it is very ugly and shows no beauty what so ever. She has a giant mole on the side of her face. This mole makes her face very ugly. I also want to sell this painting because it is pink. Pink is a girl color. I don't want guys coming in and seeing a pink painting and getting the wrong idea. I overall hate this painting.