{"product_id":"book-2cex","title":"Andy Warhol","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndy Warhol and his pop art helped define the 1960s and 1970s in America. Born the son of poor Austro-Hungarian immigrants in Pittsburgh, he was fortunate enough to attend the Carnegie Institute and study art. After graduation, he moved to New York, where he became a successful commercial artist sketching women's accessories for ads before soaring to popularity with his silkscreen paintings of Campbell soup cans and celebrities like Marilyn Monroe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObsessed with fame, Warhol coveted the company of the social elite and became one himself. After opening the Factory, an art studio where he surrounded himself with a clique of admirers, Warhol turned to filmmaking and shot hundreds of underground films. This eventually led him to get into contact with Valerie Solanas, a woman who desperately wanted him to produce her play. When Warhol declined, Solanas shot the artist, and although he survived, he was left with a fear of hospitals that would ultimately take his life 19 years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Warhol's unusual art was in demand everywhere, and by the time of his death, the immigrant's son was worth $100 million.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67721715614000,"sku":"BD2cex","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2cex-Square-cover.png?v=1788385526","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2cex","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}