Andrew Warhola, known as Andy Warhol, was an American artist who became a leading figure in pop art during the 1950s and 1960s. He began his career as a commercial illustrator in New York after studying art in Pittsburgh. Warhol's paintings were based on popular images from advertising and mass media. He eventually eliminated expressionism and used repetition of images like Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's soup cans. Warhol also experimented with silkscreen printing and capturing real situations like accidents and suicides. He created The Factory, a workshop that attracted underground artists, and exploited his own image for self-promotion, becoming an iconic figure himself.