Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh (USA) in 1928 and studied at the Canergie Institute of Technology where he majored in pictorial design. After working as an illustrator for magazines, he started exhibiting drawings and paintings for galleries. Appropriating images from popular culture, Andy Warhol transformed contemporary art and created paintings that remain icons of 20th century art. Employing mass-production techniques in his creative process, he challenged all preconceived notions about the nature of art. Andy Warhol died in New York in 1987.