Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

What a guy


Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928. He Studied at the Carnagie Technical Institute in Pittsburgh, and following his graduation, he moved to New York in 1949. There he quickly established himself as a commercial artist and by the late fifties was one of the most successful designers in the United States.

In 1960, Warhol decided to re-orient his career and began to produce paintings of what we now call pop imagery i.e., telephones, coke bottles and soup cans. Using such images, Warhol went on to become one of the most influential artists of his day. His subjects have become synonymous with North American consumer culture - Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, Chairman Mao and the Campbell's Soup Can.

Andy Warhol Died in 1987.