Artist Profile

My artist's name in Jean Michel Basquiat. he was born on December 22, 1960,in Brooklyn, New York, and died August 12, 1988. his fathers name was Gerard Basquiat, ad his mother was Matilda Andrades. he had 3 siblings, Lisane, and Jeanene Basquiat. he attended Edward R. Murrow Highschool. List 5 major events during your artist's lifetime or career: 1.Chernobyl 2. Kennedy assassination 3.Vietnam 4.first PC List at least 3 struggles r challenges the artist faced in his life: 1. Homeless in early years. 2. Addicted to heroin 3.started off poor 1 thing people might not know about this artist is that he was best friends with Andy Warhol. Basquiat worked mostly with painting. this artist is associated with the perion in art known as neo expressionist. His most famous works include "Scull" "Samo" and "Flexible". @ pieces by this artist i like and might be able to write about are "Scull", and "History Of Black People".