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Peter Max

Peter Max. Peter Max. Peter Max. Andy Warhol.

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Peter Max

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  1. Peter Max

  2. Peter Max

  3. Peter Max

  4. Andy Warhol The Elvis portrait is a silkscreen on acrylic on canvas. It was done in 1964 and is another celebrity portrait of a popular icon in the 1960's. For Warhol, Elvis was a symbol of an American success story. Elvis went from a singing truck driver to an idol of an entire generation. He also was known for slipping into fits of depression like Marilyn Monroe and Warhol himself. This portrait is surrounded by a hint of tragedy similar to many of the celebrities Warhol painted.

  5. Andy Warhol Warhol paints Marilyn Monroe because she is the typical icon of the "glamorous women". Every female portrait he completed was in the same format which included emphasis on lipstick, eye shadow and frozen camera smile. He wanted to portray Marilyn as the contemporary sex goddess , packaged for the public as a consumer item. Warhol uses a wide range of colors and off the register printing to show variations on the image. Warhol could relate to Monroe's desperate try to rid herself of the vain, dumb blonde stereotype that she struggled with her entire life. Warhol too struggled with desperately tying to be taken seriously.

  6. Andy Warhol This portrait of John F. Kennedy was part of the series along with Jackie O to show the tragic event of his assassination and how it affected the country. John F. Kennedy was not only a president but a celebrity in the eyes of Andy Warhol and the American public. In the book that this series was published he accompanied the portrait with text of news bullitens from the day of the assassination.

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