Photos of Famous Artists When They Were Young

After running features on the childhood photos of both famous writers and rock stars over the past few weeks, it might seem like we’re a bit youth-obsessed at Flavorwire lately. But we promise that that’s not the case. We just think that there’s something fascinating about images of cultural icons snapped long before they’d become household names. It humanizes them a bit. And so, today we turn our focus on the art world — specifically, some of the most influential talents of the past 100 years. Click through to peep photos of everyone from a dashing young Andy Warhol (pictured here) to a breathtakingly adorable baby Yoko Ono.


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Am trying to connect with people with family name of Warchola. My paternal grandmother was Anglea Warchola, her father was Stephanus Warchola. My grandmother came from a village in the same area as Andy Warhol's parents. She came to Aneruca at age 16 by herself about 1902.

I thought this was Hitler! hahaha

These famous artist's visual representation of their youth tells us???

Basquiat was only ever young

Should have called this post "Portrait of the Artist(s) as Young People"