Andrew Warhola later known as Andy Warhol was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States). He settles in New York in 1949 and starts working as a commercial draughtsman for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and as a decorator for window display in a big store. In 1952, his first exhibit is organized by the Hugo Gallery in New York. Between 1953 and 1955, he becomes costumes designer in a theater company; then...

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  Biography of Andy Warhol

  Andrew Warhola later known as Andy Warhol was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States). He settles in New York in 1949 and starts working as a commercial draughtsman for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and as a decorator for window display in a big store. In 1952, his first exhibit is organized by the Hugo Gallery in New York. Between 1953 and 1955, he becomes costumes designer in a theater company; then starts wearing a platinum wig that will make him recognizable. After several advertising and exhibitions experiences, he realizes in 1960 his first paintings inspired by american comics. In 1962, Wharol joins Roy Lichtenstein, Yves Klein, Niki de Saint Phalle, and others at The New Realists exhibit, a major event in Pop Art, of which he is real pioneer. He starts painting his first Campbell's soup cans and Dollars, doing his first serigraphies on American stars. From then on, thanks to his work as a painter, a music producer, an author, thanks to his underground movies and his famous acquaintances (intellectuals, Hollywood stars and rich upper-class) Andy Wharol's success will keep on increasing. The artist dies in 1987 in New York.
  

  

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