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Andy Warhol in 1970
Personal information
Birth name Andrew Warhola
Born August 6, 1928
American Flag, Pittsburgh, (United States)
Died February 22, 1987 (58 years)
American flag, New York, USA
Cause of death Heart rhythm disorder View and modify data on Wikidata
Burial Byzantine Catholic Cemetery of St. John the Baptist View and modify the data on Wikidata
U.S. citizenship
Religion Catholicism View and modify the data on Wikidata
Family
Parents Andrej Warhola View and modify the data on Wikidata
Julia Warhola View and modify the data on Wikidata
Education
Education Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Mellon University)
Educated in
Carnegie Mellon University
Schenley High School View and edit data on Wikidata
Robert Lepper's student View and modify data on Wikidata
Professional information
Printing, painting, film, photography area
Pop art movement
Genre Pictorial portrait and still life See and modify the data in Wikidata
Notable works Chelsea Girls
Exploding Plastic Inevitable
Campbell's soup cans
Marilyn Diptych
Political party Democratic Party View and modify data on Wikidata
Signature Andy Warhol Autograph.svg
Web
Website
www.warhol.org View and modify data on Wikidata
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Andrew Warhola (Pittsburgh; August 6, 1928 - New York; February 22, 1987), commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist and actor who played a crucial role in the birth and development of pop art. After a successful career as a professional illustrator, Warhol gained worldwide fame for his work in painting, avant-garde film and literature, a notoriety that was backed by a skillful relationship with the media and by his role as a guru of modernity. Warhol acted as a link between artists and intellectuals, but also between aristocrats, homosexuals, Hollywood celebrities, drug addicts, models, bohemians and colorful urban characters.

Warhol used different media to create his works, such as hand drawing, painting, engraving, photography, screen printing, sculpture, film, and music. The Andy Warhol Museum in his hometown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contains an extensive permanent collection of art. It turns out to be the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.