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Andy Warhol is born
He was born in Pittsburgh. His parents were immigrants from eastern Slovakia. -
Enters The Carnegie Institute of Technology
He enrolls in the Department of Painting and Design. -
Experimentation
While in school, Andy begins experiementing with blotted line drawings which later becomes his popular, more commercial works. -
First Paintings
Begins to paint his first works that were based off of comics and advertisements. He used a projector then traced with paint. -
Famous Famous
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. -
Films
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.
