Warhol

Andy Warhol
Warhol in 1977
Birth name	Andrew Warhola
Born	August 6, 1928(1928-08-06) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 22, 1987 (aged 58) New York City, New York
Nationality	American (United States)
Field	Painting, Cinema
Training	Carnegie Mellon University
Movement	Pop art
Works	Chelsea Girls (1966), Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966), Campbell's Soup Cans (1968),

Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987),or more commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist and a figure in the movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats.

Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films since his death in 1987.

Warhol coined the phrase 15 minutes of fame, which refers to the fleeting condition of celebrity that attaches to an object of media attention, then passes to some new object as soon as the public's attention span is exhausted.