He was a successful magazine illustrator who became really big in 1960's popart. He also did other art such as performing art, filmmaking, video installations and writing. When Warhol was 8 he was diagnosed with Chorea, a fatal disease of the nervous system. His mother was an artist, and after he was diagnosed was when she fist gave him an art lesson. At age 9 he took up photography. He ended up graduating from college with a fine arts degree and going to New York to become a commercial artist.
He got a job with Glamor magazine and quickly became successful in commercial art. He got a bunch of awards because of his originality. In 1962 he had his most popular piece which was the soup cans. In 1964 Warhol opened his own art studio called 'The Factory.' Later Warhol became more interested in book writing, sculpting and photography.
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