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He was born in Pittsburgh. His parents were immigrants from eastern Slovakia.
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He enrolls in the Department of Painting and Design.
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While in school, Andy begins experiementing with blotted line drawings which later becomes his popular, more commercial works.
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Begins to paint his first works that were based off of comics and advertisements. He used a projector then traced with paint.
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Here comes his most recognized work. His portraits of Marilyn Monroe, and his Campbell Soup Can prints. During this time, he also was inspired by suicides and car crashes. All of these were then displayed in the TIME Magazine this year.
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Andy begins to explore his interests as a film maker. He later creates hundreds of hours of mainly home footage which he loved. His style and vision was hard to understand but was nonetheless brilliant.