安迪·沃霍尔 (1928~1987岁) 是一位在近现代拥有巨大影响力的视觉艺术家。在作为一名商业艺术家取得巨大成功之后，沃霍尔作为一名杰出的流行艺术家建立了新的地位。最初是以插画家的身份为广告和媒体制作图像，后来将这些融入到自己的艺术表现中，确立了自己独特的作品世界。沃荷作为流行艺术这一运动的决定性艺术家之一，迅速获得了好评，流行艺术将大众商业生产，广告和流行文化世界作为材料和主题进行制作。沃霍尔从事多种表现手法的创作并留下大量作品，被认为是同时代极具影响力的前卫派电影制作人，于1969年创办《采访》杂志，并发表多部作品。此外，他还是一位精力充沛的摄影师，音乐视频导演和MTV脱口秀主持人。直到1987年2月22日突然离世，他的创作影响了超越艺术范畴的更广泛的文化领域，成为20世纪最重要的杰出艺术家之一，也是世界文化偶像。

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) remains one of the most influential visual artists of modern times. With a background as a highly successful commercial artist, Warhol reinvented himself as a famous Pop Artist. Warhol went from creating images for advertising and media as an illustrator to using advertising and media images to make his fine art. He quickly became renowned as one of the artists who defined the Pop Art movement, a generation of artists who turned to the worlds of mass commercial production, advertising, and popular culture for the raw materials and inspiration for their work. Incredibly prolific in various endeavors, Warhol is recognized as one of the most influential avant-garde filmmakers of his generation, founded Interview Magazine in 1969, authored numerous books, was an avid photographer, directed music videos and even hosted his own talk-show on MTV, Andy Warhol died unexpectedly in February 22, 1987 firmly established as one of the most important artists of the 20th century and international celebrity.

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