Andy Warhol

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

8/6/1928

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Andrew WarholaAndrew Warhola Jr.

Andy Warhol

Biography

Born on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andrew Warhola Jr. was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who became a leading artist of the 1960s Pop art movements. He ventured into a wide variety of art forms, including performance art, filmmaking, video installations and writing, and controversially blurred the lines between fine art and mainstream aesthetics. Warhol died on February 22, 1987, in New York City.

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