Scope: Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928 and became a portrait painter to New York society. He is a cult style figure who introduced his first picture series in 1962. Warhol became famous for his silk-screen prints of dollar-bills, Campbell Soup cans, and coca-cola bottles.

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES 

REF N6505.C73 1994b American Art: History and Culture
REF N6490.C6567 Contemporary Artists
REF N31.D5 1996 The Dictionary of Art
REF N6512.C854 Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists 
REF N5300.I45 1984 The Illustrated Dictionary of Art & Artists
REF N 33.P74 2000 The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists of the 20th Century

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Bockris, Victor. The Life and Death of Andy Warhol. New York: Bantam Books, 1989.

Michelson, Annette. Andy Warhol. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2001.

Warhol, Andy. Andy Warhol: A Retrospective. Boston: Bulfinch Press/ Little Brown, 
1989.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

WEB SITES

Academic Info- The Arts Gateway
http://www.academicinfo.net/

National Gallery of Art- The Collection
http://www.nga.gov/collection/
Great resources for teachers and students. Information on individual artists, critical appraisals, and images.

Updated 08/24/2007