During his childhood he suffered from chorea, a rare neurological disease that caused various physiological dysfunctions (Ho, n.d.), leaving him bedridden, he spent his time drawing, listening to the radio and surrounding himself with celebrity photos. This period of his life strongly influenced his personality and interests which further developed into his artistic career (Mackin, 2010). Andy Warhol began his career after studying commercial art at the School of Fine Arts in Pittsburgh, where he illustrated for advertisements and magazines, moving on to designing album covers before moving to New York in 1949 and building his reputation as an artist. By 1962, he had built a network of people around him, becoming increasingly involved in celebrity culture and founding "The Factory" where he and a multitude of artists, writers and celebrities gathered and worked (The European Graduate School, n.d.) . By the time of his death on February 22, 1987, Warhol's reputation was notable and was the focus of an eleven-page article in New York Magazine. He was and continues to be an icon of the era and has been described as creating "art that defines the glossy superficiality, the maniacal denial of feelings and processes, and the underlying violence of the Sixties" (Kornbluth, 1987). Warhol surpassed his infamous quote “In the future, everyone will be world famous for fifteen minutes” and has continued to capture people's interest for almost thirty years.