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Notes for Andy Warhol research Online journalism


 * Youngest child of 3
 * Born "Andrew Warhola" in 1928
 * Ill-stricken at a young age with a rare neurological disorder
 * Found solace from illness in popular celebrity magazines and DC comic books
 * Experimented with inventing his personae throughout his college years
 * Signed letters and cards with "Andre`" and dropped the A from his last name
 * Graduated with a degree in pictorial design from the Carnegie Institute of Technology
 * Documented his daily activities and interactions on a traveling tape recorder and camera
 * Believed that everyone will get their 15 seconds of fame
 * Contributed to the collapse of the boundaries between high culture and low culture
 * After college, he became a commercial artist for many large companies including Columbia Records, Glamour magazine, Harpers Bazaar, NBC, Tiffany&Co., Vogue and many others.

Source: www.warholfoundation.org/legacy/biography.html