He'll Think About Paint And He'll Think About Glue

After attending Carnegie Institute of Technology, Andy Warhol became a commercial artist in the 1950s.

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In the 1960s, Warhol began developed a silkscreening process which he would incorporate into a series of mass-media images depicting commercial products and celebrities. Best known among these are the Campbell's Soup Can and Marilyn Monroe.

The notoriety he gained from these works also earned his work the often less-than-flattering label of "Consumerism."

Warhol also made a collection of underground films known for being plotless, of inordinate length and focusing on such topics as boredom, time and repetition.

On June 3rd, 1968, Warhol was shot by Valerie Solanis, who had been featured in the Warhol film, "I, A Man." Warhol was pronounced dead at the hospital but was revived after receiving a heart massage.

Solanis, the founder and sole member of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) turned herself in and was placed in a mental institution.

Warhol died in New York on February 27, 1987, after a gallbladder operation.