Who is Andy Warhol from The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and what is their importance?

Andy Warhol is an American graphic artist, painter, and filmmaker who rises to international celebrity in the 1960s and 1970s. Andy is a sickly child born in 1928 and raised in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Andy's illness forces him to indoor artistic pursuits, which will serve as the foundation for a superstar art career. Andy's early employment drawing shoe illustrations for a department store propels him to New York City where his career explodes in the 1960s.