SAN DIEGO, CA.- The San Diego Museum of Art presents the exhibit Andy Warhol's Dream America: Screenprints from the Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. Andy Warhol's Dream America showcases more than 110 of Andy Warhol's memorable screenprints from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation. With a focus on prints made in series, the exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of Warhol's printmaking career, as well as a unique opportunity to view a large selection of his complete print portfolios.

Prints range in date from the 1960s to the 1980s and include such recognizable images as Marilyn Monroe, Jacquelyn Kennedy, Mick Jagger, and the Campbell's Soup can. They are grouped chronologically and in portfolios, giving visitors the opportunity to explore the development of Warhol's classic Pop images.

Recognized as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Warhol seized on the methods and imagery of pop culture and the mass media to create some of the most defining images of our time.

He began making silkscreen prints in 1962 and was highly influential in turning it into a popular art form. Over the years, he turned everything from Hollywood celebrities to household items into colorful prints.

Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1928. He moved to New York in 1949 where he started his successful career as a commercial artist. He created advertising and window displays and worked as an illustrator for such magazines as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and The New Yorker. He died on February 22, 1987, following a routine gall bladder surgery.

Andy Warhol's Dream America: Screenprints from the Collection of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation was organized by the Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene.