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Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Profession
Painter
Died
Aug 12, 1988
Zodiac
Capricorn
Born in
Brooklyn NY
About
Neo-Expressionist and Primitivist painter who investigated social and political dichotomies in his work. He was a part of the famous Neo-expressionist movement that took place in the 1980s. A retrospective of his work was held by the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1992 to honor his life. 
Family
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Haitian father and an American-born, Afro-Puerto Rican mother. He was raised mostly by his father. His mother suffered from mental illness and was institutionalized when Basquiat was eleven years old.

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