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Andy Warhol

The most important artist of the second half of the 20th century

Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola Jr. on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to working-class Rusyn emigrant parents.[1][2] He has been described as the "bellwether of the art market," and his 1963 painting Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) sold for $105 million in 2013.[3]

Last updated 2026-10-02 from the source article.

Quick Facts

Birth name
Andrew Warhola Jr.
Born
6 August 1928
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Field
  • Printmaking
  • painting
  • illustration
  • film
  • photography
Training
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Movement
Pop Art
Died
22 February 1987
Place of death
New York City, U.S.

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

At age eight, Warhol developed Sydenham's chorea after a streptococcal infection, and he spent his convalescence drawing and making scrapbooks.[4][5] In 1962, his solo exhibition of Campbell's Soup Cans at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles marked his West Coast debut.[6][7] He co-founded Interview magazine in the fall of 1969 and later co-founded the New York Academy of Art in 1980.[8][9] Warhol completed his studies at Schenley High School in 1945, then received a scholarship to the Carnegie Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in pictorial design.[10][11]

After finishing his degree at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in June 1949, Warhol relocated to New York City with classmate Philip Pearlstein; on his second day there, he sold a drawing to Glamour magazine's art director Tina Fredericks for $10.[12] Radical feminist writer Valerie Solanas shot Warhol at the Factory on June 3, 1968; he was seriously wounded and spent nearly two months in the hospital.[13]

What the cited sources add

A 2020 Smithsonian article notes that Warhol's paintings displayed in the Bonwit Teller window in April 1961 were the first of his works to count as Pop Art.[14] The medical examiner's 1987 statement said Warhol's heart began beating irregularly "a significant time" before doctors were alerted.[15] Lawyers for the hospital argued in 1991 that Warhol's infected gall bladder was gangrenous because he delayed surgery, and that his death was unpreventable.[16]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bockris 1997, p. 15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: O'Driscoll, "The mother of Pittsburgh-born Andy Warhol gets a biography of her own", 90.5 WESA, December 10, 2024; Magocsi, "Encyclopedia of Rusyn History and Culture", University of Toronto Press, November 30, 2002, p. 539; Weinraub, "Mothers", Esquire, November 1966, p. 101, 158 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Andy Warhol painting sells for $105M", New York Daily News, November 13, 2013; "The Pop master's highs and lows", The Economist, November 28, 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gopnik 2020, p. 23; Gopnik 2020, p. 23 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gopnik 2020, p. 23; Weinraub, "Mothers", Esquire, November 1966, p. 101, 158; Gopnik 2020, p. 23 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Livingstone, "Pop art: an international perspective", Rizzoli, 1992, p. 32 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Smith, "Soup Can Painter Uses His Noodle", Los Angeles Times, July 23, 1962, p. Part lV; Watson 2003, p. 74; Gopnik 2020, p. 23; Scherman Dalton 2009, p. 93 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bockris 1997, p. 15; Bockris 1997, p. 15; Carlson, "Mysterious 62 East 4th Street Has Warhol Past", Gothamist, May 5, 2008; Bockris 1997, p. 15; ""Interview" Celebrates 50 Years—and Toasts to 50 More", October 30, 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pleasants, "Soupcons of culture in Warhol's decade", The Los Angeles Times - The Book Review, March 30, 1980, p. 12; Kramer, "Art: Warhol Show At Jewish Museum", The New York Times, September 19, 1980; Bernstein, "Downtown Art School that Warhol Started Raises its Celebrity Profile", The New York Times, April 26, 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guo, "Heart Attack Claims Warhol", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 23, 1987, p. 5; "Artist-Huckster Sketches Customers and Wins Prize; Series of Drawings Shows Everything From idle Rich to Scrambling Poor", The Pittsburgh Press, November 24, 1946, p. 2; "Artist-Huckster Sketches Customers and Wins Prize; Series of Drawings Shows Everything From idle Rich to Scrambling Poor", The Pittsburgh Press, November 24, 1946, p. 2; "Artist-Huckster Sketches Customers and Wins Prize; Series of Drawings Shows Everything From idle Rich to Scrambling Po en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guo, "Heart Attack Claims Warhol", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 23, 1987, p. 5; "Sprite Heads Playing Violins, 1948", The Warhol; Gopnik, "Feb 9, 2015: The Daily Pic", Blake Gopnik on Art; Gopnik, "Feb 9, 2015: The Daily Pic", Blake Gopnik on Art; Colacello 1990, p. 19 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bockris 1997, p. 15; Pearlstein, "In Philip Pearlstein's Autobiography, Warhol Is a Major Character", ARTnews, April 25, 2014; Bockris 1997, p. 15; Bockris 1997, p. 15; Benstock, Shari and Suzanne Ferriss (editors). Footnotes: On Shoes; Rutgers University Press; February 1, 2001; ; pp. 44–48.; Smith, "Warhol Before The Soup", The New York Times, April 16, 1989; "Andy Warhol: His Early Works, 1947-1959", Gotham Book Mart Gallery, 1971, p. 5–7; Sonntag, "What Is Success?", Glamour, September 1949, p. 146–154; "Andy Warhol: His Early Works, 19 en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Andy Warhol" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Behrens, "Andy Warhol Is Shot by Actress", Newsday (Nassau Edition), June 4, 1968, p. 3, 62; "Valerie Jean Solanas (1936-88)", The Guardian, 2005-03-08; Gopnik 2020, p. 23; Spencer, "When and Why Andy Warhol Was Shot", March 10, 2022; "Warhol Out Of Hospital", New York Daily News, July 29, 1968, p. 13; Behrens, "Andy Warhol Is Shot by Actress", Newsday (Nassau Edition), June 4, 1968, p. 3, 62; "Did the 1968 Shooting of Andy Warhol Lead to His Death 19 Years Later?", Inside Edition, October 30, 2021; Wertheim, "Overlooked No More: Valerie So en.wikipedia.org
  14. Gopnik, "How Andy Warhol Came to Paint Campbell's Soup Cans", Smithsonian, May 2020, p. 3. facts only, no text reused. smithsonianmag.com
  15. Cullen, "The city medical examiner said Wednesday Andy Warhol's heart...", United Press International, April 15, 1987. facts only, no text reused. upi.com
  16. Byron, "Hospital, doctors' lawyers say Warhol's death was unpreventable", United Press International, December 5, 1991. facts only, no text reused. upi.com

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