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Happy Birthday, Andy Warhol - The Best Photos Of The Artist Ever

It's Andy Warhol's Birthday, We Celebrate With His Maddest Photos
Alice E. Vincent

Today is Andy Warhol's birthday. Andy Warhol, responsible for so many things: that infamous Marilyn painting, making Campbell's soup cool, the Velvet Underground's chart success, Edie Sedgewick and being the best name to drop since the 60s.

There's a lot to sing Warhol's praises for, even if you're not a pop art fan. However, we're particularly fond of his iconic look. There's something about Warhol that always looks so wonderfully...well, deranged.

So, much like putting love into a personalised birthday card, we've compiled our favourite photos from the 'Andy Warhol Looking Odd' file. We hope you enjoy them, we're contemplating getting a bleached bowl haircut to celebrate.

Andy Warhol
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Controversial American artist Andy Warhol, best known for his giant Campbell's soup pictures, at the Arts Council Shop in London when he was signing copies of his new book "Andy Warhol's Exposures."
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Pop artist Andy Warhol smiles in New York in this 1976 file photo. Saturday, Feb. 22, 1997, marks the 10th anniversary of Warhol's death. Known for his offbeat paintings and his work in films, Warhol died in 1987 following a routine gall bladder operation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew,File)
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Pop artist Andy Warhol is shown in 1987. (AP Photo)
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Pop artist Andy Warhol is seen, Nov. 12, 1969. (AP Photo)
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Actress Joan Collins displays a photo of her portrait painted by Andy Warhol as the two pose for a photograph at the Beverly Hinton Hotel in evening on Sunday, April 1, 1985 in Beverly Hills, Calif. The two were attending a party for the cast and crew of the Â
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Artist and underground filmmaker Andy Warhol poses with one of Polaroid's new film cameras, the Polavision camera, which features instant replay on television screens, Feb. 1, 1978. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)
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Pop artist Andy Warhol, left, is shown photographing Muhammad Ali, his infant daughter, Hanna, and wife, Veronica, Thursday, August 18, 1977 at Ali's training camp in Deer Lake, PA. Picture by: /AP/Press Association Images
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Hunter S. Thompson (01 of21)
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Andy Warhol and Pug(02 of21)
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Ezra Pound (03 of21)
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Georgia O'Keeffe And Her Chow(04 of21)
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IMAGE: John Leongard, courtest Monroe Gallery
Haruki Murakami(05 of21)
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Allen Ginsberg(06 of21)
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Andy Warhol and Pug(07 of21)
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Mark Twain(08 of21)
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Edgar Allen Poe(09 of21)
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Pablo Picasso and Lump(10 of21)
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Picasso and Lump(11 of21)
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IMAGE: From Picasso and Lump: A Dachshund's Odyssey (Bulfinch Press), via Artemis Dreaming
Jackson Pollock WIth His Dogs Gyp and Ahab(12 of21)
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Don Delillo (13 of21)
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Jack Kerouac and Cat(14 of21)
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George Bernard Shaw(15 of21)
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David Hockney And His Dogs(16 of21)
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Salvador Dali And His Ocelot, Babou(17 of21)
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Gertrude Stein With Pepe and Basket I(18 of21)
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Polly Morgan And Her Dogs(19 of21)
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IMAGE: Courtesy of All Visual Arts, photography by Tessa Angus
David Hockney And His Dogs(20 of21)
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Ernest Hemingway And Cat(21 of21)
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