Warhol made his first paintings of marilyn monroe soon after the actor died of a drug overdose on 5 august 1962.
It is often said that andy warhol understood the allure of global celebrity and its effects on contemporary society long before gossip blogs were even a thing. Pop art'ın aynı görselin yan yana, onlarca kopyasının mantığı da işte. Get artistic this halloween and go as pop art marilyn monroe in the silkscreen print by andy warhol! When marilyn monroe happened to die that month, i got the idea to make screens of her beautiful face the first marilyns.