In 1945 Andy began schooling at the Carnegie Institute of Technology where it was seen that he began to develop a very unusual style. Pictorial design and illustration where his main base of studying while attending Carnegie and after graduation he moved to New York where he got work with Glamour Magazine and they asked him to work on a piece called “Success is a Job in New York”. With this opportunity he received steady work as a commercial artist, working with different magazines such as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and of course the New Yorker. This wasn’t all the art skills Andy was using at this time either, he was also decorating department store windows, making greeting cards, book covers, record covers, and even worked on making effects for the weather reports on T.V. such as suns, raindrops, and clouds.

            The 1950’s where good to Andy Warhol. He was becoming well known for making ink images, and these images mostly used a slight color change. People really enjoyed his work because of the bright and attractive colors that were used, but also because they were familiar to the viewer. He enjoyed using popular items such as the famous “Campbell Soup Cans”, Coca-cola bottles, and celebrities. By the mid 50’s many prints and styles similar to Warhol’s began to rise and it was obvious that he may have created a now form/style of art.

            By the 1960’s Andy Warhol was well known. Many different images that Andy used from popular culture were created, and some of these painting he made are still symbols of 20^th century art. Andy also began to try to express in other means of media in the 60’s as well. He began making different 16mm films. Not known well in mainstream film, some of these were considered underground classics such as Empire and Chelsea Girls.

            In the mid 60’s Andy Warhol also found a love for the new style of music that began to emerge in New York. From 1965 to 1966 Andy began touring around the country with bands such as The Velvet Underground, The Exploding Plastic, and Edie Sedgwick not name a few. This artist now only flowed well with the changing times in culture but it also gave Andy more ideas for work and different Medias to work with. 

            A dramatic turn in Andy’s life occurred on June 3^rd 1968. The sole member of the “Society for cutting Up Men” walked into Andy’s studio and shot him three times in the chest nearly killing him. The shooter Valerie Solanis was given a three year prison sentence after serving time in a mental institution. After recovering Andy Warhol had no intentions of slowing down and continued to push forward in his work.

            As the 1970’s rolled through Andy began publishing as “Interview Magazine”.  By this time in Andy’s career he was exhibiting his work all over the world in galleries and museums everywhere.  To no doubt he was considered a major established artist of the 20^th century.

            The 1980’s marked a way to soon end to the life of Andy Warhol. With a few remarkable pieces of the 1980’s including the theme of pop series called “Ads”, and, “Rorschanchs” this decade, Andy Warhol’s life came to an end on February 22, 1987 after a routine gall bladder surgery.