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Beethoven-Andy Warhol-1

Known as a portrayer of most iconic characters in the popular culture, Andy Warhol - shortly before his death in 1987 - choose to portray here Ludwig van Beethoven, widely regarded as one of the most celebrated composers of all time. Beethoven is an example of Warhol’s acclaimed screen print technique that was first developed in the 1960s. The source image of Warhol’s Beethoven is the portrait of the composer (1820) by Joseph Karl Stieler, widely regarded as one of the most evocative images of Beethoven. In Stieler’s original oil on canvas, Beethoven is writing a composition whilst staring intensely to the viewer. Warhol pushes Stieler’s rendition of the composer a step further, exploring the range of graphic possibilities within one image by using a broad colour spectrum in every repetition.

“ Every song has a memory; every song has the ability to make or break your heart, shut down the heart, and open the eyes. „

Andy Warhol