| Timeline |
| 1928 |
Born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 6 August |
| 1936 |
Contracts a rare disease called chorea, or St Vitus's dance, an illness of the nervous system |
| 1945 |
Enters Carnegie Institute of Technology |
| 1949 |
Moves to New York on graduating from Carnegie Institute of Technology |
| 1954 |
Receives the Certificate of Excellence from the American Institute for Graphic Arts |
| 1963 |
Film Sleep |
| 1963 |
Moves studio to 231 East Forty-seventh Street, which becomes the Factory |
| 1964 |
Film Empire |
| 1965 |
Joins Lou Reed and John Cale's rock band "The Velvet Underground" |
| 1966 |
Film The Chelsea Girls |
| 1968 |
Shot by Valerie Solanis |
| 1969 |
Founds inter/VIEW magazine |
| 1975 |
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again published |
| 1980 |
POPism: the Warhol 60's published |
| 1987 |
Dies 22 February |
