Andy Warhol

 

Andy Warhol is from Pennsylvania.

Andy Warhol MuseumAndy Warhol was born on August 6th of 1928. Andy was a artist in every way possible. Warhol was one of the founding members of the Pop Art movement in the United States in the 1950s. Most people recognize his Campbell Soup painting. He is also famous for the quotation "In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes". Warhol was born as Andrew Warhol in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Warhol studied commercial art in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University.

Andy Warhol Museum is in Pittsburgh, PA . It is the largest art museum dedicated to Andy Warhol, holding more than 4,000 works by the artist himself. The museum houses several original works donated by the Andy Warhol Foundation in New York and also many other personal items donated by Warhol's relatives. On February 22nd in 1987 Andy Warhol died in New York City during a gallbladder surgery. His body is keep at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh. He was 58 at the time of his death.

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