Andrew ‘Andy’ Warhola was born on August 6, 1928 in Forest City, Pennsylvania. Andy Warhola had the typical life of a teenager, except he would occasionally have nervous breakdowns. He graduated Schenley High School in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1945. He went to college at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He graduated in 1949.

Post graduation Andy moved to New York City and changed his name to Andy Warhol. He worked as a struggling artist until he met Tina Fredericks, an art editor of Glamour Magazine. He did drawings for Glamour magainze. Other people noticed his artwork and he drew advertising for other magazines. Some of these magazines include Vogue and Harper’s Bazzar. After awhile he started to illustrate stories, design sets, and publish books. 

In April 1956 he began receiving awards for his work. These awards inspired him to make actual paintings. These paintings were based on comic strips, more specifically, ones including Dick Tracy, Popeye, Superman, and two of Coca-Cola bottles. Major art galleries around the nation began to notice his work.

In 1962 Warhol made paintings of dollar bills and Campbell soup cans. His art was classified as pop art. He began having several exhibitions of his work around the world.

In 1964 he started his self portrait series of his collection. Over the next decade Andy Warhol continued making films, receiving awards, and having exhibitions around the world. 

 In 1968, Valerie Solanis, an ultra-radical and member of the entourage surround Warhol shot him. Warhol survived his attempted assassination but had severe psychological problems with his close call to death.

During the 1970s and 80s, Andy Warhol’s popularity was at an all time high. In 1972 he resumed painting and his most popular paintings of this time were the paintings of celebrities. His career continued until February 22, 1987 when he died do to complications from gall bladder surgery.