Andy Warhol was an American painter that led the visual art movement which created pop art, he is widely known for his contributions in the art industry and his iconic paintings of the world’s influential people such as Che Guevara, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and many more.
Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His parents were working-class immigrants from Slovakia. They left the country to provide a better life for their children after Warhol’s grandparents passed away. During Warhol’s childhood he was diagnosed with chorea, which is an abnormal involuntary moment disorder, this resulted in him spending most of his childhood at home and in his room. He then became an outcast among his classmates so the solution to his happiness was to draw, listen to the radio and collect pictures of celebrities.
Warhol studied at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology then in 1949 he moved to New York to begin his career in illustration and advertising. During his stay he became very popular for his ink drawings for a shoe advertisement, which gave him great motivation to continue on with his love of art. It was during the 1960s when Warhol started the highly recognizable paintings of the Campbell’s Soup Cans, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali, and many more.
On February 22, 1987 Warhol died in his sleep after recovering from a gallbladder operation, it has been noted that he delayed having his problems checked and was afraid to enter hospitals and see doctors. More than 20 years after his death he is still an iconic figure in the art industry and in 1994 The Andy Warhol Museum was built in Pittsburgh.
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