Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, a man born in the ghettos of Pittsburgh during the Great Depression who grew up to become one of the most amazing artists, commonly recognized by his 'Pop Art' paintings, Campbell Soup Cans and his crazy wigs.

Warhol wanted to become an artist since a young age, starting out using magazines his mother used to bring home for him when he was a bedridden child - he had chorea which explains the wigs and sunglasses Warhol liked to adorn - then becoming a young man moving to New York with only 200 dollars, making paintings for 12.50 and small commercial drawing. But he wanted more, and that he got.

It first started with the Coca Cola bottle and then to the Campbell soup cans, both of them inspired by the consumerisms of that day. Warhol soon became a hit. He ran parties in his studio known as 'The Factory', and it was a big hit, because if you wanted to be seen with anyone, it was Warhol.

Warhol is one of the most influential artists in the world and his art is worth more than thousands of the dollars. He has a museum dedicated to himself as well as a bridge in his home town of Pittsburgh. Just shows you how a person from the ghettos can become someone big.

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