Andy Warhol photos

Photographer Arthur “Weegee” Fellig and Andy Warhol both had a similar aesthetic: stark, graphic, and colorless. Weegee got his nickname from “Ouiga,” as he always seemed to arrive and snap an amazing photo just after crimes or emergencies took place. Warhol was also attracted to death and disaster, as is evident in his work “Green Burning Car.”

Andy Warhol’s greatest muse was the “Poor Little Rich Girl” Edie Sedgwick. Coming from an old Massachusetts family, Sedgwick became a fixture of the Factory and starred in many of Warhol’s films.

Warhol encouraged The Velvet Underground to collaborate with German artist and model Nico.

Paul Morrissey, Nico, Andy Warhol, and poet Gerard Malanga attending a “Freakout” party in 1966. Paul Morrissey directing many of Warhol’s films, while Gerard Malanga became the resident poet of the Factory during the 1960s.

Andy Warhol directing his film Chelsea Girls in the Hotel Chelsea.  The film uses documentary style camerawork and split screen editing to follow the lives of several women, including actor Mario Montez.  Many modern critics cite Chelsea Girls as an early influence on reality television.

After being shot by feminist Valerie Solanas in 1968, Warhol took many photographs of his scarred torso, turning injury into art. (Photo by David Montgomery/Getty Images)

Warhol encouraged this French artist to call herself "Ultra Violet" because her hair was usually dyed lilac. Warhol often used his group of “superstars” for his art, as well as his entourage.

David Hockney revolutionized photo collage in the same way Warhol popularized silkscreen. They were acquaintances and pioneers of the Pop Art movement.

Warhol’s Factory became a popular stop for musicians and celebrities.  Mick Jagger, after years of friendship, became the subject of one of Warhol’s silkscreens.

Jimmy Carter, familiar with Warhol’s popularity and artistic talent, commissioned a silkscreen for his 1976 Presidential Campaign.

Studio 54 was the setting for Andy Warhol’s social life in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Always a bit of a wallflower, he was usually away from the crowd hanging out with friends such as Liza Minnelli and Bianca Jagger.

Lou Reed formed the Velvet Underground and within two years, Andy Warhol became the band’s manager.  Under Andy's wing, The Velvet Underground became one of the most influential musical acts of all time. Years later, Reed composed a musical based on Warhol’s book, “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol.” He recalled that the songs “fascinated, but horrified” Warhol.

In 1978, fashion designer Halston gave Andy Warhol a 50th birthday party.  Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell gave Andy a silver garbage pail filled with one thousand dollar bills. Halston dumped it over Andy’s head. Andy scrambled to pick up each bill off of the floor.

Sylvester Stallone, Susan Anton, and Andy Warhol at Andy Warhol's Art Opening in 1979.

Andy Warhol attended The Jackson’s Triumph Tour at Madison Square Garden in August, 1981.  Considered at the time the biggest star since Elvis and the Beatles, Michael Jackson was the subject of a Warhol portrait in 1984.

Bette Midler spent the 1970s performing in cabarets, clubs, and bathhouses in New York City. Andy Warhol frequently attended her performances and wrote about her in Interview magazine.

Had Pia Zadora been a star in the 1960s, she surely would have been one of Warhol’s Superstars.  Here is Warhol with fellow magazine publisher Bob Guccione, Pia Zadora, and her husband.

Caitlin Clarke, Debbie Harry, and Andy Kaufman starred on Broadway in “Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap.” The story of a tomboy that becomes a professional wrestler, it closed after one performance.  Attracted to any play bordering on camp, Warhol was sure to catch the show and visit the actors backstage.

Though the people around him changed, Warhol was always on the lookout for the next new superstar. Here he is photographing Pia Zadora in 1983.

Involved in almost all forms of art, Andy occasionally designed dancer's costumes. A fan of dance, he featured dancers such as Martha Graham in his work.

Noted AIDs activist Elizabeth Taylor could always count on Andy Warhol to attend one of her charity events.

Toward the end of his life, Warhol became an avid supporter of the Postmodernist movement and the work of artists Grace Jones and Keith Haring.

Though they worked in different mediums, actress Liza Minnelli, designer Halston, dancer Martha Graham, and artist Andy Warhol were all close friends.

Pia Zadora looking over the results of her shoot with Andy in 1983.

In the mid-1980s, Warhol mentored and collaborated with graffiti artist and expressionist painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. In Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film about Basquiat’s life, David Bowie played the role of Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol became an integral part of New York City culture.  Here he is reading Interview at the Bronx Zoo in 1983.

Warhol achieved such global fame that even his parent’s hometown of Mikova, Slovak Republic advertises its connection to the Pop Art pioneer.

Holiday windows at Barney’s New York celebrated Andy’s legacy in 2006.

Andy Warhol’s memorial service was held at St Patrick’s Cathedral on April 1, 1987.

The Andy Monument was unveiled on March 30, 2011 near Warhol’s Factory in Union Square, New York City.  The 10-foot-tall sculpture is solid chrome and depicts Warhol with a Polaroid camera around his neck.

Andy Warhol will always be remembered as the pioneer of the Pop Art movement, as well as the most ubiquitous artist of the 20th Century.