Hopper, a photographer and painter himself, became immersed in the West Coast artist scene and pop art movement, becoming close friends with Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and many of the other artists ...

More than 300 artifacts from the archive of the Dennis Hopper are set to go to auction next month, including an extremely rare Polaroid photo of the late star that was taken by Andy Warhol.

He has devised a 25-track album celebrating “one of the great American lives”, Dennis Hopper — actor, filmmaker, photographer, womaniser, firebrand, hellraiser.

Hopper mellowed somewhat in later years, becoming a Republican and a pitchman for the likes of Gap and Nike. Outside of Hollywood, he was a noted photographer, painter, sculptor and art collector.

In addition to Hopper's pursuits in film, he was a prolific photographer, painter and sculptor whose interest began as a child doing painting lessons at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas, Missouri.

In addition to Hopper's pursuits in film, he was a prolific photographer, painter and sculptor whose interest began as a child doing painting lessons at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas, Missouri.

Two highlights include Andy Warhol's silkscreen work Portrait of Dennis Hopper 1971 (estimated to sell for between $800,000 and $1.2 million US) and Jean-Michael Basquiat's Untitled 1987 (which ...