Who
was
Andy
Warhol
?
After
Pablo
Picasso
,
Andy
Warhol
is
no
doubt
the
most
famous
artist
of
the
20th
century
.
Some
of
his
most
memorable
work
was
defined
as
'pop
art'
,
which
is
based
on
modern
popular
culture
and
the
mass
media
.
Today
,
you
will
learn
more
about
his
life
and
work
.
Andrew
Warhola
was
born
in
Pittsburgh
,
Pennsylvania
,
on
August
6th
,
1928
.
When
he
was
eight
,
he
Sydenham's
chorea
?
also
known
as
St
.
Vitus'
dance
?
a
rare
and
sometimes
fatal
disease
of
the
nervous
system
that
left
him
confined
to
a
bed
for
several
months
?
this
is
when
he
was
first
taught
art
by
his
mother
.
After
earning
a
Bachelor
of
Fine
Arts
degree
,
he
started
his
career
as
a
magazine
and
ad
illustrator
.
In
1949
,
he
moved
to
New
York
,
shortened
his
last
name
to
simply
Warhol
,
and
at
Glamour
magazine
,
that's
when
his
career
took
off
.
After
that
,
he
could
boast
about
being
a
painter
,
illustrator
,
designer
,
photographer
,
filmmaker
,
producer
,
journalist
,
editor
,
anchorman
,
and
model
.
In
1952
,
he
had
his
first
solo
exhibition
at
the
Hugo
Gallery
with
15
drawings
of
the
writings
of
Truman
Capote
,
who
did
not
like
Warhol
at
all
.
By
the
1950s
,
Andy
Warhol
was
a
recognized
and
awarded
artist
,
but
it
was
in
1961
when
he
developed
the
concept
of
'pop
art'
.
His
most
pieces
of
art
were
the
now
iconic
paintings
of
the
Campbell's
soup
cans
,
he
actually
painted
32
different
cans
.
His
focus
was
making
art
a
consumer
product
like
those
sold
at
the
malls
,
by
modifying
the
concept
of
unique
work
of
art
?
objects
seen
as
subjects
in
his
work
.
Therefore
,
he
the
series
dedicated
to
Coca
-
Cola
bottles
,
vacuum
cleaners
,
and
hamburgers
.
But
he
also
painted
famous
celebrities
like
Marilyn
Monroe
,
Elizabeth
Taylor
,
Mick
Jagger
,
and
Mao
Zedong
,
but
his
Eight
Elvises
,
which
was
part
of
his
second
show
at
the
Ferus
Gallery
in
Los
Angeles
in
1963
,
was
eventually
resold
for
$100
million
in
2008
.
In
1964
,
Warhol
founded
'The
Factory'
,
which
was
an
where
artists
met
and
created
works
of
art
in
a
collaborative
way
.
It
quickly
became
the
meeting
place
for
celebrities
,
intellectuals
,
musicians
,
and
artists
.
In
1968
,
he
was
shot
and
almost
killed
by
a
member
of
'The
Factory'
,
Valerie
Celanus
.
After
several
weeks
at
the
hospital
,
he
was
able
to
recover
,
but
was
to
wear
a
corset
for
life
.
It
is
true
that
his
focus
was
painting
,
but
he
was
also
a
music
producer
,
you
can
listen
to
his
work
Velvet
underground
&
nico
,
which
has
a
cover
that
was
also
designed
by
him
.
He
was
also
a
writer
,
he
wrote
several
books
like
Exposures
and
The
philosophy
of
Andy
Warhol
,
which
is
summarized
in
one
phrase
:
"
Making
money
is
art
and
working
is
art
,
and
good
business
is
the
best
art
.
"
But
a
creative
person
like
him
would
not
just
stop
there
,
he
was
also
a
filmmaker
.
He
made
more
than
60
films
during
his
career
.
Two
of
his
most
famous
films
are
Sleep
,
which
shows
a
man
sleeping
for
six
hours
,
and
Eat
,
which
shows
a
man
eating
a
mushroom
for
45
minutes
.
He
also
did
some
television
hosting
Andy
Warhol's
TV
and
Andy
Warhol's
fifteen
minutes
on
MTV
.
He
made
the
expression
'15
minutes
of
fame'
quite
famous
.
He
was
for
sure
a
celebrity
in
the
New
York
scene
and
his
influence
still
continues
to
grow
.
Andy
Warhol
died
on
February
22nd
,
1987
,
in
New
York
City
.
Let's
check
what
you
can
remember
!
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