Jean Michel Basquiat Jean Michel Basquiat was born on December 22 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. At an early age his mother, Matilde, introduced him to art by taking him to museums and theatres, and he learned to draw from the books she brought him, like Gray's Anatomy. For a brief time he attended school Puerto Rico, where he had a first attempt at life drawing in year 9 and was the only student to fail. Basquiat soon …showed first 75 words of 632 total…

…showed last 75 words of 632 total…He was 27. The Whitney museum and Madonna put together the funds to hold an exhibition for Jean Michel Basquiat in 1992. Some of the critics that went regarded Basquiat's work as "true master pieces", like the Yale art historian, others just dismissed the importance of his art. Basquiat was able to achieve fame, wealth and recognition within the art world, and perhaps more importantly he left a body of art work to will forever intrigue viewers.