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Jean-Michel Basquiat

1960 - 1988

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Jean-Michel Basquiat (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. Basquiat first achieved notoriety in the late 1970s as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al Diaz, writing enigmatic epigrams all over Manhattan, particularly in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side where rap, punk, and street art coalesced into early hip-hop culture. By the early 1980s, his paintings were being exhibited in galleries and museums internationally. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Michel Basquiat has received more than 18,521,746 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Jean-Michel Basquiat is the 29th most popular artist (up from 37th in 2019), the 1,436th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,747th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat ranks 29 out of 125. Before him are Josef Albers, David Hockney, Banksy, Ai Weiwei, Émile Gallé, and Edward Burne-Jones. After him are Ulay, Akira Yoshizawa, Bernt Notke, Méret Oppenheim, André Charles Boulle, and Barnett Newman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jean-Michel Basquiat ranks 43. Before him are James Spader, John F. Kennedy Jr., Khaled, Anne Parillaud, David Duchovny, and Gary Lineker. After him are Mohamed Bazoum, Jorge Sampaoli, Nena, Hiroyuki Sanada, Gustavo Petro, and Kristin Scott Thomas. Among people deceased in 1988, Jean-Michel Basquiat ranks 36. Before him are Valerie Solanas, Christina Onassis, Farida of Egypt, Giuseppe Saragat, Franz Josef Strauss, and Hermann Graf. After him are Henryk Szeryng, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ana Aslan, Willem Drees, Chico Mendes, and Muzafer Sherif.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean-Michel Basquiat ranks 1,436 out of 20,380. Before him are William Daniel Phillips (1948), Beck (1970), Daniel Dennett (1942), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), Ron Howard (1954), and Harold Perrineau (1963). After him are Sam Walton (1918), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Robert Whittaker (1920), Peter Eisenman (1932), Rene Russo (1954), and Andre Agassi (1970).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Jean-Michel Basquiat ranks 4. Before him are Andy Warhol (1928), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), and Keith Haring (1958). After him are Barnett Newman (1905), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Jeff Koons (1955), Bill Viola (1951), Judy Chicago (1939), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), Vito Acconci (1940), and Robert Indiana (1928).

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