Andy Warhol

Part I of Essay
The American artist and filmmaker was born Andrew Warhola in 1928. There has been quite a bit of confusion as to where and when was born, but according to Andy's two older brothers and the birth certificate that was filed in Pittsburgh in 1945, he was born on August 6th, ....

Part II of Essay
.... Magazine wanted him to illustrate a feature entitled "Success is a Job in New York". But by accident the credit read "Drawings by " and that's how Andy dropped the "a" in his last name. He continued doing ads and illustrations and by 1955 he was the most successful and imitated commercial artist in New York. In 1957 he won the Art Directors Club Medal for a giant shoe advertisement. In 1960 he produced the first of his paintings depicting enlarged comic book characters - such as Popeye and Superman - initially for use in a window disp ....