Basquiat paintings

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. He was one of the most influential American artists and focused on

Much of Jean-Michel Basquiat's art seems like that of one's inner child. Thus a "sweet" name like "Pez Dispenser" evokes child hood nostalgia. Note his signature crown dawned upon what looks like a T - Rex, the king of Dinosaurs.

The consignor of a Basquiat painting says her father's interference damaged the painting's performance at auction.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat. (American, 1960-1988) A SNEAK PEEP INSIDE A BASQUIAT EXHIBITION/ spring 2010 He showed an early interest in drawing, and he was encouraged by his mother’s interest in fashion design and sketching and by his father’s gifts of paper brought home from his office. From as early as 1965 Basquiat’s mother took him to the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MOMA, and from 1966 he was a Junior Member of the Brooklyn Museum. Early influences on Basquiat’s art…

Jean Michel Basquiat Great Jones Street Studio, 1987

An artist that's having his first Toronto show right now has been compared to Jean-Michel Basquiat, but only found out who the artist was about two...

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