Trivia: What famous artist painted Barbie in 1986?
Jeff Koons
Andy Warhol
Willem de Kooning
Jean-Michel Basquiat
The correct answer is Andy Warhol
So why is this answer correct? : Andy Warhol wanted to paint his jewelry designer friend BillyBoy*, but was repeatedly refused. BillyBoy* was a huge Barbie fan, though, and had collected hundreds of the dolls. So when Warhol asked to paint him again in 1986, he told the pop artist to depict Barbie instead, because “Barbie, c’est moi” (“Barbie, it’s me”). Warhol obliged, and created “Barbie, Portrait of BillyBoy*” in 1986.