Campbell's Soup Cans

pop art · famous paintings · 1960s art

32 soup paintings. Andy Warhol created 32 paintings between 1961 and 1962, each showing a different flavor of Campbell's soup in the exact same size and style.

Everyday objects art. Instead of painting grand landscapes or important people like traditional artists, Warhol chose something ordinary that you could find in any grocery store.

What is art really?. These paintings made people argue about whether something could be art if it was about a commercial product everyone bought at the store.

Instant superstar. When the paintings were first shown in Los Angeles in 1962, they became so famous that Warhol became one of the most talked-about artists in the world.