Fabulous! A Portrait of Andy Warhol
Illustrator
Bonnie Christensen
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780805087536
Pages
40 pages
Genre
biography
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
You might recognize him from his famous paintings of Campbell's soup cans and coke bottles. But do you know about the artist who created these images? Any Warhol was often sick as a child but found comfort in reading comic books and most especially in drawing. From his early days in Pittsburgh in the 1930s to the height of his glory in the 1960s when he blurred the line between commercial art and fine art, this book chronicles an artist's remarkable path to becoming a renowned Pop Art icon.
Grade Level
K-3; 3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family member death; Single parent; death of a father; single mother
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother
LGBTQ+
male/male
Awards
Best Books: Best Children's Books of the Year, 2012
Booklist Top 10 Arts Books for Youth, 2011
Choices, 2012
Keywords
pop art; Andy Warhol; illness; comic books; artist; New York; art school; movies
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Christensen, Bonnie, "Fabulous! A Portrait of Andy Warhol" (2011). Diverse Families. 1180.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1180