Junior cerqueira basquiat biography

While his impact upon art cannot be denied, he also led a short life with a rather tragic ending. Let us look at a brief biography of his art as well as his life.

Early Life

Basquiat was born on 22 December 1960 in Brooklyn, New York.

His mother was of Haitian descent and his father was Puerto Rican.

Junior cerqueira basquiat biography

He also had two younger sisters. From an early age, his mother encouraged him to appreciate the arts by regularly taking him to museums throughout Manhattan. It was also noted that he was quite gifted from a very early age. Basquiat supposedly learned to read and write when he was only four years old.

Basquiat

He could speak French, Spanish and English well before his teenage years. He soon turned this formidable intelligence towards art.

He was enrolled in the Brooklyn Museum of Art (as a junior member) and when he was only seven, he began studying in a prestigious art school near his home.

It was here that he entered into his first real artistic endeavour. Al