Andy warhol

(andrew warhola)
By: Maddy Parra

early Life

Born August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Died February 22, 1987 (58)
First started drawing when he was sick in bed with St.
Vituss Disease
Became a leading artist of the 1960s
took art classes at Carnegie Institute which is now the
Carnegie Museum of Art

Known for

Warhol created the most iconic

images of the 20th century
Mused Art is what you can get
away with. & Everyone will be
famous for 15 minutes
Leading figure of the visual art
movement
Types: painting, hand writing,
photography, silk screening,
sculptures, filmmaking, music,
and repetition of the same image

backstory

On June 3, 1968, Feminist Valerie

Solanas shot Andy Warhol in the
abdomen at his 33 Union Square West
studio. Reportedly declared dead
upon arrival at the hospital,
Warhol was saved after five hours
of surgery. A single bullet had
damaged his lungs, esophagus,
spleen, liver, and stomach. After
nearly two months, Warhol was
released from the hospital.
However, he underwent several
further surgeries and was required
to wear a surgical corset for the
remainder of his life.

Perspective online

in person

citations
https://www.artsy.net/artist/andy-warhol
http://www.biography.com/people/andy-warhol9523875#synopsis&gid=ci019b6c022054860d&pid=andy-warhol-06raw
http://www.warhol.org/collection/aboutandy/andyfaq/
https://tanyadm2.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/andy-warhol/
http://littlehouseofstyle.blogspot.com/2010/02/andy-warholstarving-artist.html