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🎂 Jean-Michel Basquiat - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
Currently, Jean-Michel Basquiat is 63 years, 11 months and 2 days old. Jean-Michel Basquiat will celebrate 64rd birthday on a Sunday 22nd of December 2024. Below we countdown to Jean-Michel Basquiat upcoming birthday.
| Popular As |
Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| Occupation |
Painter |
| Age |
63 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
December 22, 1960 (Brooklyn, NY) |
| Birthday |
December 22 |
| Town/City |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Nationality |
NY |
🌙 Zodiac
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
About
Neo-Expressionist and Primitivist painter who investigated social and political dichotomies in his work.
Before Fame
He was a precocious child who could read and write by the time he was four years old and was fluent in three languages by the time he was eleven. He began work as a painter through graffiti.
Trivia
He dropped out of high school and became a graffiti artist. Later, he began to paint, and his work was first exhibited at the Annina Nosei gallery in SoHo.
Family Life
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.
Associated With
He fell into a depression following the 1987 death of his friend and artistic mentor Andy Warhol. Sadly, twenty-seven-year-old Basquiat died of a heroin overdose the following year.
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