Modern Era · North America · Culture

1962

Andy Warhol shows Campbell's Soup Cans

1962

At a Los Angeles gallery, a former advertising illustrator displayed thirty-two hand-painted canvases of Campbell's Soup cans, one for each flavor. The gallery priced them at a hundred dollars each and sold a few. Pop Art had arrived, and the commercial image and the gallery image were no longer distinguishable.

More from 1962 Modern Era

In context

Also in 1962 (5 other events on record)

Cuban Missile Crisis · North America · Politics
Algeria wins independence · Africa · Politics
Silent Spring published · North America · Science
Vatican II opens · Europe · Religion
First Beatles single · Europe · Culture

Before and after in North America

Before: 1961: Catch-22 published
After: May 3, 1963: Birmingham fire hoses and dogs

Before and after in Culture

Before: 1961: Catch-22 published
After: 1964: Beatles hit America

Era

Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Andy Warhol