Andy Warhol created the most sensational and often controversial art of the 1960's. He appropriated images that Americans knew and loved--like Campbell's soup cans and Coca-Cola--and transformed them into radical and enduring works of art. Andy's art did not give us answers; instead, it raised questions. He gave us a shocking look at what constitutes who we are. In grasping the essence of Pop Art, Warhol's work is completely about the spirit of culture in modern society.
Andrew Warhola was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1928, to a poverty-stricken immigrant family. Having no money to buy toys, Andy's mother encouraged him and his two brothers to draw. Little Andrew took to it immediately, impressing his family with his pictures. His father, a factory worker, had only enough money to send one child to college. He began to save his pennies so that Andrew could be the first of the Warhola's to attend college.
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