Born Andrew Warhol on August 6, 1928, in the neighborhood of Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania their Slovakian culture and heritage while living in one of Pittsburgh's Eastern European ethnic enclaves. At the age of 8, Warhol contracted Chorea—also known as St. Vitus's Dance—a rare and sometimes fatal disease of the nervous system that left him bedridden for several months. It was during these months, while Warhol was sick in bed, that his mother, herself a skillful artist, gave him his first drawing lessons. Drawing soon became Warhol's favorite childhood pastime. He was also an avid fan of the movies, and when his mother bought him a camera at the age of 9 he took up photography as well, developing film in a makeshift darkroom he set up in their basement.
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