Andy Warhol

Leading figure in visual art movement known as pop art

Born in 1928 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

In the 1950s he began drawing shoe advertisements

Started painting iconic American objects

He also painted pictures of Famous Americans

Who is this?

And newspaper headlines...

American Supermarket: Soup can painting sold for $1500

1968 shot and barely survived

Often criticized for promoting commercialism

Celebrated as a “mirror of our times”