Andy Warhol was born 1928 in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. when he was young he would draw and his mother would help. at around the age of 6 his skin started fading there for he had to stay home where he would fantasize about being a movie star, and sten to te radio occasionally.nady showed alot if interest in art in school and the teacher suggested him going to weekend art classes.
his family wasnt very wealthy but the father saved money so he could go to college for design and illustatration called 'carnegie institute of technology'.while in college he made his own designs by writing his subject in pencil went over it in ink then before the ink dried he would put a picture onto a clean sheet of paper.
after graduating from college he moved to new york city but since he didnt have much money he would show agencies his art work none of them took it till he got lucky and glamour magazine aked him to draw shoes to illustrate a story. andy loved drawing shoes so he was happy that he was able to draw this. he continued drawing shoes for different ads and made alot of money. he got his own apartment after his dad died and his mother moved in with him. he started drawing an designing greeting cards, record albums and book covers. suns, clouds, raindrops and television weather report was what he mostly what he drew around that time. on his free time he would go to art galleries or even movies
at 58 andy warhol died. theyre still not sure how he died but he was admitted to the new york hospital-cornell medical center where he had to saty over night. he was in contact with several friends that night the next morning the nurse couldnt wake him up. they had the hospital staff try for 45 minutes straight and theyre was no luck. he died.
r.i.p andy warhol 1928-1959
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