Andy Warhol

Born Andrew Warhola Jr. in Pittsburgh in 1928, Andy Warhol became the central figure of American Pop Art. He first worked as a commercial illustrator before turning to painting in the early 1960s. His silkscreens of consumer products and celebrities, such as the Campbell's Soup Cans and the Marilyn series, redefined the relationship between art, advertising and mass culture. He died in New York in 1987.