Andy Warhol is an American artist that was born on August 6, 1928 in Pennsylvania and died on February 22, 1987 in New York City. He was the creator of the visual art movement pop art, while he explored and experienced many types of art, such as drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, film and music. He had a studio called The Factory which was a gathering for him and his friends, most of them famous people, such as Eddie Sedgwick, Mick Jagger or Betsey Johnson. Moreover, he was a gay person that lived openly. Warhol was also religious and a practicing Ruthenian Rite Catholic, volunteering at homeless shelters in New York. Some of his famous works are "Campbell's Soup" or "Mona Lisa". Last but not least, he has a series of famous quotes, one of them being "In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes".
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