Other names Julia Varcholova Role Andy Warhol's mother | Name Julia Warhola Resting place Bethel Park | |
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Full Name Julia Justina Zavacka Religion Ruthenian Catholic Church Relatives James Warhola (grandson) Died November 22, 1972, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Spouse Andrej Warhola (m. 1909–1942) Children Andy Warhol, John Warhola, Pavol Warhola Similar People Andy Warhol, John Warhola, James Warhola, Rodney Bingenheimer | ||
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Julia Warhola (Rusyn: YUlіya Vargola, November 17, 1892—November 22, 1972) was the mother of the American artist Andy Warhol.
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Life
Warhola was born Julia Justina Zavacka to a peasant family in the Rusyn village of Mikova, Austria-Hungary (now in northeast Slovakia) and married Ondrej Varchola (Americanized as Andrew Warhola) there in 1909. He emigrated to the United States soon after, and in 1921 she followed him to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The couple had three children: Paul, John, and Andrew (Andy). The family lived at several Pittsburgh addresses, but beginning in 1932 at 3252 Dawson Street in the Oakland neighborhood of the city. The family was Byzantine Catholic and attended St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church. Her husband died in 1942.
Julia enjoyed singing traditional Rusyn folk songs and was artistic. She loved to draw. Her favorite subjects were angels and cats. She also did embroidery and other crafts, such as bouquets of hand-made flowers made from tin cans and crepe paper. During the Easter season she decorated eggs in the Pysanka tradition.
As a widow, she moved to New York City in 1951 to take care of Andy. He often used her decorative handwriting to accompany his illustrations. She won awards for her lettering, including one from the American Institute of Graphic Arts for an album cover for The Story Moondog, featuring the musician Louis Thomas Hardin in 1958. In 1957 she illustrated a small book called Holy Cats and she also worked on 25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy.
In 1966, Andy made a movie called Mrs. Warhol (black-and-white, 66 minutes). It features Julia in her basement apartment in Andy's house playing “an aging peroxide movie star with a lot of husbands,” including the most current spouse, played by Richard Rheem. Andy follows her about with his camera as she goes about her daily domestic routines.
In 1971, she returned to Pittsburgh and died a year later. She is buried, alongside her husband and near her son Andy, in St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a south suburb of Pittsburgh.