Andy

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The whole life of andy was affected by his childwood shadow.

Andy was born in pittburgin ,pennsylvanica, his parents are Czechoslovakian immigrants. His real name was Andrew warhola .

The family lived in a very poor village .His father worked in a cool mine .

Because of the poor situation , their home was no tv ,so his mum suggested the children ,andy and his brother to print .The good one could get a A grade and little prize.

In third grade, Warhol had St. Vitus' dance, a nervous system disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities, which is believed to be a complication of scarlet fever and causes skin pigmentation blotchiness.He became an outcast among his school-mates and bonded strongly with his mother.[4] When in bed he drew, listened to the radio and he was fascinated by hollywood ,he started to collect celebrity autographs around his bed. Warhol later described this period as very important in the development of his personality, skill-set and preferences

His mother became his only friend.She took him to church once a week,the colourful glassesof the vigin mary ,god, angles from the church had a great influence in his colourful painting .

Later, he studied commercial art at the School of fine arts at Carnegie institute Technology. Although he showed early artistic talent ,again he was isolated by his classmates. The problem came from his nose, “pimple nose”. Classmates always laughed at him ,even his brother . They caught him “Andy the red-nose warhola”.

He was deeply upset by his ugly look .he speaker quiet like a bee .Nobody wanted to date him ,they thought andy was gay and odd.

The strong inferiority became his childwood shadow that had a great impact of his whole life.

He was very considered how people thought about him ,He became inactive and always acted as a onlooker .

In the Carnegie institute Technology,he discovered two important things

One is blotted line drawing it became a basic element of his paintings....