Andy Warhol
Warhol lead the American art movement of Art Pop, where he would use art, celebrity images, and advertisements to convey an artistic message. Warhol soon became a controversial artist real quick. Warhol had Sydenham's chorea which led to his contraction of scarlet fever. He graduated from the Schenley High School in Pittsburg PA and went to Carnegie Institute of Technology to study commercial Art. In 1949 he moved to New York City to begin a career in magazine illustrations and advertising. He slowly gained famed as a whimsical shoe advertisement artist and grew in popularity in the 60s with his pop art works including "Marilyn Diptych", "Campbell Soup I", and "100 Dollar Bills". Warhol made his way into music and films in the 70s, creating joint works with the Velvet Underground. Warhol died Feburary of 1987 of sudden post-operative cardiac arrhythmia. Foundations, films, and other works of art were created inspired by Warhol's aesthetics.