W.W. 7 Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol is best known for his famous paintings and film making. He was a pioneer in the visual art movement better known as pop art. He was also a record producer, author and he hung out with very famous people a long with very rich people. Warhol was the catalyst who invented the very famous phrase "15 minutes of fame" which has been a staple in today's society, and it seem everyone is after just that. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is $100 million for a painting he did in 1963 entitled Eight Elvises, which puts him in the likes of Pollack, van Gogh and Picasso. Warhol was a very important figure in the 20th Century and did a lot to bring visual art back to its pinnacle of true art form and showed off his talents in many ways. He was very well-liked by everyone he came in contact with. I don't believe he had to many enemies, but I am sure he had a lot of admirers and he obviously brought jealously upon himself because he was so successful.
Warhol got into the arts because he had a case of the Scarlet Fever causing him to develop a severe case of hypochondriac, which for him was being afraid of hospitals and doctors. So as a kid he was bed ridden and that's where he drew and collected pictures of famous people. Warhol would later claim this time to be very important to who he grew up to be.
During the feminist movement of the late 1960's a women tried to kill Warhol because of his use of provocativeness women in his paintings and movies. She actually had a marginal role in one of Warhols' studios. But the attempted murder was overshadowed by the assassination of JFK, which happened 2 or 3 days later.
There is literally so much more about Warhol's life to talk about I don't want to spoil it for anyone. If you don't know much about him then I suggest you look him up because he is a very fascinating man who did a lot for whatever endeavor he did; especially the art movement.