Born Andrew Warhola in 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, American artist, director and producer Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture.
Warhol's best known works include the silkscreen paintings
Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and
Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental film
Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the
Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67). His New York studio, The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons.
Warhol promoted a collection of personalities known as Warhol superstars, and is credited with coining the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame."
In the late 1960s, he managed and produced the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and founded
Interview magazine. He authored numerous books, including
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and
Popism: The Warhol Sixties.
Andy Warhol lived openly as a gay man before the gay liberation movement. After gallbladder surgery, Warhol died of cardiac arrhythmia in 1987 at the age of 58.
Take a look at these intimate snapshots to see everyday life of Andy Warhol in New York from the 1960s.
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| Warhol in American Supermarket at the Exhibition Bianchini Gallery, New York, 1962 |
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| Andy Warhol at 1342 Lexington Avenue, New York, 1962 |
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| Andy Warhol at 1342 Lexington Avenue, New York, 1962 |
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| Andy Warhol at Gristede's Supermarket, New York, 1962 |
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| Working on Elvis, 1963 |
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| Andy Warhol at The Factory, New York, 1964 |
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| Andy Warhol at The Factory, New York, 1964 |
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| Andy Warhol on the New York street, 1964 |
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| Andy Warhol on the New York street, 1964 |
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| Andy Warhol on the New York street, 1964 |
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| Tom Wesselmann, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, and Claes Oldenburg, 1964 |
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| Warhol at wok, The Factory, New York, 1964 |
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| Warhol with portrait of Watson Powell at The Factory, New York, 1964 |
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| Warhol with Robert Indiana at The Factory, 1964 |
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| With flowers at The Factory, 1964 |
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| With Liz canvases at The Factory, 1964 |
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| Working on self portrait at The Factory, 1964 |
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| Working on self portrait at The Factory, 1964 |
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| Andy Warhol at Gristede's Supermarket near 47th street Factory, New York, 1965 |
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| Andy Warhol at Stable Gallery, New York, 1965 |
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| Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein, and Andy Warhol, 1965 |
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| Edie Sedgwick, Chuck Wein, and Warhol pose for photographing on the New York street, 1965 |
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| Filming Edie Sedgwick in the film 'Lupe', 1965 |
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| Warhol with Edie Sedgwick on a film set, 1965 |
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| Andy Warhol on the set of 'Chelsea Girls', The Factory, 1966 |
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| Corflakes with mom Julia, 1966 |
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| Corflakes with mom Julia, 1966 |
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| Warhol at The Factory, 1967 |
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| Andy Warhol with Candy Darling, 1969 |
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| Andy Warhol with Cecil Beaton, 1969 |
