One of the most famous painters of XX is Andrew Warhola who is more famous with the nickname Andy Warhol, who was one of the most famous painters of a new movement called pop art that begin to propagate in 1960s. However he started his painter career as an advertisement illustrator, but first he completed a Bachelors’ Degree in Fine Arts from Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. But first things first. He was born in August 6, 1928 in Pittsburg and his parents were of Slovakian origin. When he was young he suffered from the deadly disease of chorea, that affects nervous system and skin, but
So his first job was as a advertisement illustrator and he was quite successful one, but his main aim at his life for attaining popularity for his talent he drifted into taking up painting. His paintings fast gained immense attraction by keen art lovers. And his early success make possible for him to start his art studio called also Factory, where he built a team of other artists and illustrators, who helped him to produce more of his paintings. It was one of the most popular art studios in his time, because there they can easily reproduce all Andy Warhol paintings because of the method he used, and after that Andy should only sign the paintings as he himself painted them. That is the main reason why this art studio was called The Factory. Because of all that it received severe criticism from some art critics and artists because now no one could tell whether one picture is genuine or not.
And then he started making movies. He mainly started making porn movies and painting some erotic paintings. The most famous ones are Lonesome Cowboy and Chelsea Girls, that are also though as underground classics.
There was an attempt to kill him organized by Valerie Solanis, but she couldn`t finish the job and Andy miraculous survived.
