Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Living place: Brooklyn

Birthday: 22-12-1960 (64 years old)

Population of US 1960: 180,671,158

Global rank: #29316

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Who is Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat?
Neo-Expressionist and Primitivist painter who investigates social and political dichotomy in his work.
He dropped out of school and became a graffiti artist. He then began to paint, and his work was first exhibited at the Annina Nosei gallery in SoHo.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was a precocious child who could read and write by the time he was four years old and was fluent in three languages ​​by the time he was eleven. He started working as a painter through graffiti.

Family life info

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Haitian father and a mother, Rica Afro-Puerto born in America. He was raised mainly by his father. His mother became mentally ill and was institutionalized when Basquiat was eleven years old.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat?
He fell into depression after the 1987 death of his friend and art advisor Andy Warhol. Sadly, twenty-seven-year-old Basquiat died of a heroin overdose the following year.

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When was Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat born?
Jean-Michel Basquiat birthday 22-12-1960 (at the age of 64).
Where is Painter Jean-Michel Basquiat's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York- United States. is a Painter, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Jean-Michel Basquiat's global rank is 29316 and whose rank is 61 in list of famous Painter. Population of US in 1960 is about 180,671,158 persons.
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Events in 1960 and 22-12

Events in US in the birth year of Jean-Michel Basquiat

  • John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in a closely-fought presidential race.
  • Black sit-in at Greensboro, N.C., diner receives national attention. Background: Civil Rights

Birthday Jean-Michel Basquiat (22-12) in history

  • Day 22-12 year 1772: Moravian missionaries build the first school west of the Allegheny Mountains, Schoenbrunn, Ohio.
  • Day 22-12 year 1807: The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act.
  • Day 22-12 year 1864: During the Civil War, Union general William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
  • Day 22-12 year 1894: French army officer Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial.
  • Day 22-12 year 1989: Playwright Samuel Beckett died at age 83.
  • Day 22-12 year 2001: Hamid Karzai sworn in as president of Afghanistan.
  • Day 22-12 year 2010: President Obama officially repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy.
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