Andy Warhol is considered to be a renowned artist in the late 20th century. The most iconic piece is his ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ and was one of the leaders of the pop art movement. He did everything from painting to filmmaking to modeling. Looking at his life from a development psychological standpoint, would he consider to live a successful and meaningful life? By analysing his physical, cognitive, social, psychological development throughout his life, it can be determined if he lived a successful life or not. Andrew Warhola was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Biography). He was born to Andrej and Julia Warhola, Czechoslovakian immigrants (Andy Warhol). He was the youngest of three children; he has two older brothers
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While he was considered relatively healthy, he had three major medical complications. At the age of eight, he developed St. Vitus’s Dance, a disease that causes involuntary movement and hypotonia, after rheumatic fever (Dillon, 2009). He spent most of his adult life looking for a cure. On June 3, 1968, he was shot in the abdomen by Valerie Solanas in front of ‘the Factory’ (Dillon, 2009). This led him to wear a corset for the rest of his life to support his abdomen as his muscles were starting to fail (Dillon, 2009). Besides these complications, he was overall healthy. He kept a vigilant watch over his health as he was slightly paranoid of being ill (Dillon, 2009). He had a phobia of doctors and hospitals, which influence this paranoia. The last complication caused his death. He had gallbladder surgery, due to complications afterwards, he dies two days later (Dillon, …show more content…
In Erikson’s stages of development, he achieved almost all the stages, especially identity versus identity confusion extremely early because he knew his occupation, values and sexualty. The stage he did not achieve was Erikson 's intimacy versus isolation. According to Erikson’s stages of development, intimacy versus isolation, “young adults either form strong, long-lasting bonds with friends and romantic partners or face a possible sense of isolation and self-absorption” (Papalia & Martorell, 2012). He had no interest in love nor in sex, but he did surround himself with people as he constantly made appearance in media and hotspots (Biography). In his middle adulthood, he reflected back on his life as he published books about his life and made time
While he was considered relatively healthy, he had three major medical complications. At the age of eight, he developed St. Vitus’s Dance, a disease that causes involuntary movement and hypotonia, after rheumatic fever (Dillon, 2009). He spent most of his adult life looking for a cure. On June 3, 1968, he was shot in the abdomen by Valerie Solanas in front of ‘the Factory’ (Dillon, 2009). This led him to wear a corset for the rest of his life to support his abdomen as his muscles were starting to fail (Dillon, 2009). Besides these complications, he was overall healthy. He kept a vigilant watch over his health as he was slightly paranoid of being ill (Dillon, 2009). He had a phobia of doctors and hospitals, which influence this paranoia. The last complication caused his death. He had gallbladder surgery, due to complications afterwards, he dies two days later (Dillon, …show more content…
In Erikson’s stages of development, he achieved almost all the stages, especially identity versus identity confusion extremely early because he knew his occupation, values and sexualty. The stage he did not achieve was Erikson 's intimacy versus isolation. According to Erikson’s stages of development, intimacy versus isolation, “young adults either form strong, long-lasting bonds with friends and romantic partners or face a possible sense of isolation and self-absorption” (Papalia & Martorell, 2012). He had no interest in love nor in sex, but he did surround himself with people as he constantly made appearance in media and hotspots (Biography). In his middle adulthood, he reflected back on his life as he published books about his life and made time