Photo: Bernard Gotfryd / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Warhol is the rare artist whose greatest masterpiece might be his own persona. What fascinates me isn't the soup cans themselves but the nerve behind them — a commercial illustrator from working-class Pittsburgh deciding that fame, repetition, and consumer junk were worthy subjects for fine art. He understood mass media decades before the rest of us lived inside it; the fifteen-minutes line reads like a prophecy of social media. I find his films harder to love than his silkscreens, but even the difficult work feels like research notes for the world we now inhabit. Nearly forty years after his death, his influence is so total it has become almost invisible.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Andy Warhol
- Name (Japanese)
- アンディ・ウォーホル
- Reading
- あんでぃ・うぉーほる
- Born
- August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation
- film director / painter / photographer / film producer / sculptor
2. Background
- High school
- Schenley High School
- University
- Carnegie Mellon University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Campbell's Soup Cans II | — | |
| Notable work | Chelsea Girls | — | |
| Notable work | Exploding Plastic Inevitable | — | |
| Notable work | Marilyn Diptyque | — | |
| Notable work | Shot Marilyns | — |
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Andy Warhol born?
August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987.
Where is Andy Warhol from?
Andy Warhol is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
What does Andy Warhol do?
Andy Warhol works as film director, painter, photographer, film producer, sculptor.
What is Andy Warhol known for?
Notable works include Campbell's Soup Cans II, Chelsea Girls, Exploding Plastic Inevitable.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.