Jean-Michel Basquiat American Painter
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American Painter
1960 - 1988
Every line means something.
--Basquiat about his work
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Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Gerard Basquiat was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and his mother, Matilde was born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents.
Jean-Michel Basquiat's productive career spanned just one short decade, yet he is considered one of the best-known artists of his generation and one of only a small number of Hispanic-African-American
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Trieste, Italy features fine reproductions of major Basquiat paintings, along with portrait photographs of the artist, a chronology of his life, and essays and interviews in both Italian and English translation. It provides a good overview of Basquiat's life and work.
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Life Doesn't Frighten Me - Author: Maya Angelou, Jean-Michel Basquiat (Illustrator)
Very intense paintings by Basquiat illustrate this eloquent poem of courage by Maya Angelou.
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