LISTENING

COMPREHENSION
ANDY WARHOL,
THE PAINTER OF MODERN
TIMES

(Document 1) Watch the video Tribute to Andy Warhol and try to

guess Who was Andy Warhol and describe his work (use the art and entertainment
vocabulary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VII2-LnxvR4

(Document 2) Learn about the artist : Watch the video and answer the

questions.

http://www.biography.com/people/andy-warhol-9523875/videos/andy-warhol-mini-biography2168460552
1- How is Warhol described at the beginning ? Complete :
icon and of the Pop Art
movement.
2- When and where was he born ?

3- Put the letters into the right order to know what happened to Warhol when he was 8 :
a- It was during that time
b- For months.
c- A rare disease of the nervous system
d- that his mother gave him
e- He contracted chorea,
f-

Which left him bed-ridden

g- his first drawing lessons.

The tight order is / / / / / / /
4- What did he do in 1949 ? Why ?

5- What was he attracted to ? Why ?

6- What do the following figures correspond to : 1952 / 15 ?

1952 :

15:

7- Complete : Warhol was at the forefront of the of the

movement.

8- When were
32 Campbells Soup Cans and
painted ?

Gold Marilyn

9- Circle the correct answer : Warhols approach to celebrities was

Ironical

satirical

hypocritical

10- True or false ? Justify by quoting :

Today , Warhol s portraits are highly expensive.

11- Complete the 2 blanks with the same word, whose definition is to mock :
Warhol was always at things but couldnt tell people
that he was at things .
12- When did he begin operating at The factory ?
13- Correct the mistakes :
It was at The Factory that Warhol made his first paintings. He was one of the first artists to exhibit
portraits as artwork.
14- True or false ? Justify by quoting .

In 1968, Warhol married Valerie Solanas.

Andy Warhol was a night owl (couche-tard)

He didnt like being with famous people.

15- When did he die?

16- What happened in 1994 ?

17- Complete :
once a social outcast (personne lise au ban de la socit) , Warhol rose to become one of the
most artists of the XXth century, whose
still continues to
.