Artist, Filmmaker, Pop Art Pioneer · Leo · born August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Andy Warhol took the visual language of advertising and put it in galleries, then ran The Factory as a studio, film set and social experiment at once. The argument he started about whether reproduction and celebrity are subjects for art has never really finished.

Their Leo side

Leo fascination with fame, turned into the subject rather than the goal.

Notable works

• Campbell's Soup Cans
• Marilyn Diptych
• Chelsea Girls
• The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

Achievements

• Leading figure of the Pop Art movement
• The Factory, a studio that produced art, film and music
• Over 600 films including Empire and Chelsea Girls
• The Andy Warhol Museum, the largest US museum devoted to one artist

In their words

• “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.”
• “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

Birth chart facts

• Sun sign: Leo
• Moon sign: Aries
• Chinese zodiac: Earth Dragon
• Life path number: 7 — The Seeker
• Born on a Monday

Leo compatibility

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