• Early years in Peru Early years in Peru

• Merchant Marine/ Merchant Marine/ French NavyFrench Navy

• Moves to Brenton Moves to Brenton

• Panama and Panama and MartiniqueMartinique

• TahitiTahiti

EARLY INFLUENCES:EARLY INFLUENCES:

Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve. -Gauguin. 1894-Gauguin. 1894

Modigliani's friend &Modigliani's friend &

Embraced African art due similarities Embraced African art due similarities to sculpture of his native Romaniato sculpture of his native Romania(directly carved from wood)(directly carved from wood)

Modigliani's friend &Modigliani's friend &

Embraced African art due similarities Embraced African art due similarities to sculpture of his native Romaniato sculpture of his native Romania(directly carved from wood)(directly carved from wood)

CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI:CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI:

Montparnesse Studio NeighborMontparnesse Studio Neighbor

WARHOL'SWARHOL'S ““The Star (Greta Garbo)” is The Star (Greta Garbo)” is part of his ten piece Myths part of his ten piece Myths series printed in 1981series printed in 1981

WARHOLWARHOL

uses a picture of the American uses a picture of the American film actress Greta Garbo as film actress Greta Garbo as Mata Hari to draw the Mata Hari to draw the correlation between the correlation between the femme fatal femme fatal and our popular and our popular cultureculture

In WARHOL's In WARHOL's In “The Star” Gretta Garbo is Warhol's In “The Star” Gretta Garbo is Warhol's creates an iconic image of a “creates an iconic image of a “femme fatal”femme fatal”

WARHOL's WARHOL's “The Star” “The Star” is is not in the traditional not in the traditional odalisqueodalisque pose, but a pose, but a Turkish haremTurkish haremvibe is definitely evidentvibe is definitely evident

MATA HARIMATA HARIGRETTA GARBO AS GRETTA GARBO AS MATA HARIMATA HARII

WARHOL'S Myth series is selected from collective WARHOL'S Myth series is selected from collective childhood memories that were childhood memories that were shaped by the mass shaped by the mass mediamedia, the images encompass the , the images encompass the legendslegends that that define define American culture. American culture.

WICKED WITHCH of the WESTWICKED WITHCH of the WEST

MAMMYMAMMY

UNCLE SAMUNCLE SAMSUPERMANSUPERMAN

MYTH'S 1981MYTH'S 1981

THE SHADOWTHE SHADOWMICKEY MOUSEMICKEY MOUSE

WARHOL shooting Polaroid WARHOL shooting Polaroid forfor