At which university did Andy Warhol study commercial art?

Andy Warhol studied commercial art at Carnegie Institute of Technology.

Warhol attended Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, now Carnegie Mellon University, and graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in pictorial design. His training helped shape the precise, reproducible style that later became central to his commercial and fine-art work.

After graduation, Warhol moved to New York City and found work as a commercial illustrator. He produced drawings for magazines, advertisements, and department stores, building a successful career before turning increasingly toward gallery art.

The institution’s name can cause confusion because Carnegie Institute of Technology became part of Carnegie Mellon University in 1967. Warhol therefore attended the earlier institution under its historic name, not the university’s present title.