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Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the postmodernist visual art movement called pop art (also inclusive of Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, Jasper Johns and others) who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most successful and famous artists of his generation. Born to working-class immigrant parents in Pittsburgh, PA, he suffered from Sydenham’s chorea as a child and was bedridden for an extended time. It was during...