attended City-As-School High School

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Jean-Michel Basquiat was a pioneering American neo-expressionist artist whose raw, graffiti-influenced paintings explored race, identity, and power in 1980s New York City.

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instanceOf artist
human
neo-expressionist artist
painter
causeOfDeath heroin overdose
collaboratedWith Andy Warhol
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1960-12-22
dateOfDeath 1988-08-12
educatedAt City-As-School High School
ethnicGroup Haitian American
Puerto Rican American
familyName Jean-Michel Basquiat
surface form: Basquiat
fieldOfWork drawing
graffiti art
painting
genre contemporary art
givenName Jean-Michel
influencedBy African art
Jean Dubuffet
Pablo Picasso
jazz music
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
Spanish
mainSubject African diaspora
identity
power
race
movement Downtown New York art scene
Neo-Expressionism
surface form: Neo-expressionism

street art
notableFor graffiti-influenced neo-expressionist paintings in 1980s New York City
notableWork Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump
Dustheads
Hollywood Africans
Irony of Negro Policeman
Untitled (1982)
surface form: Untitled (1982 painting)

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surface form: Untitled (Skull)
occupation graffiti artist
painter
visual artist
placeOfBirth Brooklyn
New York City
placeOfDeath Manhattan
New York City
residence New York City
sexOrGender male
workLocation New York City

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Jean-Michel Basquiat education attended City-As-School High School