Everyone would know Andy Warhol for his famous pop art pictures, which are depicted all over the place. Probably most memorable is the Campbell's Soup Tin Series or his Marilyn Monroe works.
What most don't know, is that he began his paid work drawing shoes.
Warhol spent most of his early years working as an illustrator of magazines, books and advertisements to pay the rent. He moved to New York in 1949 and some of his most successful works were for the company I. Miller and Sons. In the mid 50's Warhol held two exhibitions in New York, to help him be recognised as a serious artist. One was of erotic male nudes and the other was of golden slippers, richly and ornately decorated.
He continues to be acknowledged for his works. Most recently at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, which held a exhibition of his works from the 50's through to the 80's .
Here are some images of his shoe drawings.
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