The details of Warhol’s personal history are somewhata mystery. Most of his biographers agree that he was born on August 6, 1928, although some say 1927, 1930, or 1931. Warholonce said, “I never give my background, and anyway, I make it all up differently every time I’m asked.” His father, Ondrej Warhola, arrived in the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1912, and in 1921 he sent for Warhol’s mother, Julia (Zavacky) Warhola. Ondrej Warhola did construction work at first, then later toiled as a coal miner.
Andy Warhol was a high-strung child who suffered from St. Vitus’ Dance, a nervous disorder characterized by a lack of coordination and spastic movements of the arms, legs, and facial muscles. His physical frailty and extremely pale complexion made him a target of abuse and cruel teasing from his peers. When he was 14 years old, his father died. Despite the financial hardship this caused, Warhol was able to come up with the tuition money to attend the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University), where he majored in pictorial design. It was while he was still a student that he made his first mark in the world of art with a shocking painting titled, “The Broad Gave Me My Face, But I Can Pick My Own Nose.”
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