Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola (1928-1987) in Pittsburgh to immigrants parents who had fled poverty and war in current-day Slovakia) was a leading American pop artist. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, he rose to fame in the 1960s for his Pop art, which used imagery from mass media and celebrity culture, such as Campbell's soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. 

Warhol was challenging what was considered fine art by incorporating images from popular culture, consumerism, and celebrity into his work. His use of techniques like screen printing made art accessible and widely reproducible, and he expanded the definition of art to include multiple media like film, television, and magazines, influencing many contemporary artists and blurring the lines between art and life.