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Jean-Michel Basquiat

American artist (1960–1988)
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Summary

Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960[1], in Park Slope[2]. He died on August 12, 1988[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as a painter[5], artivist[6], musicologist[7], record producer[8], and composer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.22% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63,112 views/month, #2,157 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Place of birth: Brooklyn[11]
  • Place of burial: Green-Wood Cemetery[12]
  • Country of citizenship: United States[13]
  • Ethnic group: Puerto Ricans[14], Haitian Americans[15], African Americans[16]
  • Occupation: draftsperson[17], sculptor[18], graffiti artist[19], photographer[20], actor[21], architectural drafter[22], installation artist[23], visual artist[24], illustrator[25], muralist[26], cartoonist[27], musician[28], collagist[29], artist[30]
  • Educated at: John Jay Educational Campus[31], Saint Ann's School[32], City As School[33], Edward R. Murrow High School[34]
  • Member of: Gray[35]
  • Sex or gender: male[36]
  • Movement: neo-expressionism[37], primitivism[38]
  • Genre: graffiti[39], figurative art[40]
  • Part of: 27 Club[41]
  • Commons category: Jean-Michel Basquiat[42]
  • Unmarried partner: Madonna[43]
  • Cause of death: heroin overdose[44]
  • Family name: Basquiat[45]
  • Given name: Jean-Michel[46]
  • Pseudonym: Basquiat, Jean-Michel[47], Samo[48]
  • Official website: https://basquiat.com/[49]
  • Sponsor: Andy Warhol[50]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jean-Michel Basquiat[51]
  • Work location: Modena[52], Abidjan[53], Venice[54], Brooklyn[55], Manhattan[56], Hawaii[57]
  • Described at URL: https://www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-jean-michel-basquiat[58]

Why It Matters

Jean-Michel Basquiat has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] He is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

FAQs

Where was Jean-Michel Basquiat born?

Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Park Slope[2].

Where did Jean-Michel Basquiat die?

Jean-Michel Basquiat died in New York City[4].

What did Jean-Michel Basquiat do for work?

Jean-Michel Basquiat worked as a painter[5], artivist[6], musicologist[7], record producer[8], and composer[9].

Where did Jean-Michel Basquiat go to school?

Jean-Michel Basquiat was educated at John Jay Educational Campus[31], Saint Ann's School[32], City As School[33], and Edward R. Murrow High School[34].

Related Entities

Abidjan Andy Warhol Hawaii Israel Museum Madonna Metropolitan Museum of Art Modena Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Museum of Modern Art New York City Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp San Francisco Museum of Modern Art UbuWeb United States Whitney Museum of American Art

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  4. [36] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . contemporain.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [37] ↑ . Biography.com. biography.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [38] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  32. [39] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  33. [40] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  34. [14] ↑ . face2faceafrica.com. Retrieved . face2faceafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [15] ↑ . face2faceafrica.com. face2faceafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [16] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [45] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  45. [46] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [52] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  52. [53] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  53. [54] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  54. [55] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  55. [56] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  56. [57] ↑ . RKDartists. wikidata.org.
  57. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Zooeyw · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Artist files at → Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Artist files at: Museum of Glass Library"
  2. 8d ago · ~2026-54055-40 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 58
    Image → Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bruno Bischofberger and F
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'be', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bruno Bischofberger and Fransesco Clemente, New York, 1984 (cropped) (2).tif"
  3. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person id → 468130
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  4. 5w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person id → 147239
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  5. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → DD31-3D4D-6F0B-33C7-982A
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  6. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → jean-michel-basquiat
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: jean-michel-basquiat, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289940503|jean michel basquiat (#289940503)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  7. 16w ago · Thenetrunner · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-jean-michel-basqu
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Described at url: https://www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artist-jean-michel-basquiat, Add described at URL (P973) to sourced Solis Prints artist page; language English (P407"
  8. 19w ago · Nazwa1234 · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bruno Bischofberger and F
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Basquiat.png"
  9. 19w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image needs reharvest → —
    Wikidata description → American artist (1960–1988)
    Image last checked license → —
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    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Occupation: architectural drafter, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect architectural draftsperson → architectural drafter ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingR"
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