• 4.1 Who Owns the Basquiat Estate? 4.2 How Much Is Jean Michel Basquiat’s Work? 4.3 Do Beyonce and Jay-Z Own One of the Basquiat Paintings?
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat on the set of Downtown 81, via BBC. Born on December 22, 1960, Basquiat was from Brooklyn and grew up in a multicultural household.
  • Acrylic and oil stick on paper mounted on canvas, 38 ⅞ × 28 inches (98.7 × 71.1 cm) © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American painter known for his raw gestural style of painting with graffiti-like images and scrawled text.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Untitled Skull” (1981) is an iconic and enigmatic painting that encapsulates the raw energy and spirit of the artist’s oeuvre.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American graffiti artist who was one of the leading lights of the neo expressionist era in the 1980s.
  • Discover and purchase Jean-Michel Basquiat’s artworks, available for sale. Browse our selection of paintings, prints, and sculptures by the artist...
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist. ... Paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat in Chronological Order.
  • He took the 1980s art world by storm – and then at just 27, he was gone. Alastair Sooke looks back at the short life and stunning work of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
  • Jean Michel Basquiat began painting graffiti in New York in 1977. He always signed his works with SAMO, which means "Same Old Shit".