Andy Warhol was an acclaimed American artist and one of the pioneers of the visual art movement called 'pop art' (popular art), which he helped create by examining celebrity culture, advertisements and film in the 1960's.
Known now as a trendsetter and auteur, back in his day, he was both renowned but also controversial at times. His most iconic piece of art was 'Campbell's Soup Cans.'
Besides art, he managed and produced 'The Velvet Underground,' a rock band, founded Interview, a magazine, wrote numerous books on art, philosophy and was also a notable gay man who was open about it much before the gay liberation movement started.
Remembering Andy Warhol on his 88th birthday. pic.twitter.com/srO1zFuHxv
— The Vinyl Factory (@TheVinylFactory) August 6, 2016
Andy Warhol was born on this day in 1928. Celebrate with "The Souper Dress." https://t.co/ia8RLXcAon pic.twitter.com/Nlqcc0OVza
— The Met (@metmuseum) August 6, 2016
Happy Birthday Andy Warhol. I'd like to think he'd be painting Real Housewives if he was alive today
— Andy Cohen (@Andy) August 6, 2016
Happy Birthday to Andy Warhol, who would have been 88 today. pic.twitter.com/OFOeV0w0c2
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) August 6, 2016
Andy Warhol, born #OnThisDay in 1928, pictured in a 1979 portrait by #YousufKarsh. pic.twitter.com/Vh6zVVylDK
— Museum of Fine Arts (@mfaboston) August 6, 2016
