A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of Andy Warhol.
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a pivotal American artist, film director, and producer, renowned as a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. His work examined the intersection of art, advertising, and celebrity, utilizing diverse media like painting, sculpture, photography, and film. Notable creations include 'Campbell's Soup Cans' and 'Marilyn Diptych,' alongside experimental films like 'Chelsea Girls.' Warhol's multimedia events, such as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, and his involvement in the erotic film 'Blue Movie' highlight his influential role in shaping artistic and cultural landscapes of the 20th century.
In February 1968, Andy Warhol's first solo museum exhibition was held at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.
In 1970, Andy Warhol's painting Campbell's Soup Can With Peeling Label (1962) sold for $60,000 at auction, setting a new high price for a work by a living American artist.
In 1970, the Pasadena Art Museum organized a major retrospective of Andy Warhol's work, which then traveled in the United States and abroad.
In 1971, a major retrospective of Andy Warhol's work was mounted at the Tate Gallery in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The Whitney show featured Warhol's Cow Wallpaper (1966) as the backdrop for his paintings.
In 1972, Andy Warhol received a Grammy nomination for Best Album Cover for Sticky Fingers. He also participated in an exhibition with the poster Vote McGovern to raise funds for George McGovern's presidential campaign.
In November 1979, the Whitney Museum of American Art mounted the exhibition Andy Warhol: Portraits of the '70s, celebrating the celebrity of the decade.
In 1998, Orange Marilyn (1964), a depiction of Marilyn Monroe, sold for $17.3 million, setting a new record as the highest price paid for a Warhol artwork at the time.
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