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'''Jean-Michel Basquiat''' (1960-1988) created the valuable paintings in [[America]]n history, with two of his untitled works selling for $110.5 million and $26.4 million.  He was entirely self-taught and became internationally prominent while in his mid-20s.  His life was tragically cut short by a heroin addiction.

'''Jean-Michel Basquiat''' (1960–1988) created the valuable paintings in [[America]]n history, with two of his untitled works selling for $110.5 million and $26.4 million.  He was entirely self-taught and became internationally prominent while in his mid-20s.  His life was tragically cut short by a heroin addiction.

Formerly homeless in [[New York City]], Basquiat was a [[graffiti]] artist who developed into an accomplished canvass painter as part of the emerging "Neo-Expressionism" school of art, which is seen by some as an extension of the Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s.  Basquiat voluntarily abandoned his graffiti work as he burst onto the scene of art world.

Formerly homeless in [[New York City]], Basquiat was a [[graffiti]] artist who developed into an accomplished canvas painter as part of the emerging "Neo-Expressionism" school of art, which is seen by some as an extension of the Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s.  Basquiat voluntarily abandoned his graffiti work as he burst onto the scene of the art world.

Basquiat's style consisted of a disarming simplicity, creating a unique style benefiting from the best of urban graffiti and his occasional mentor [[Andy Warhol]]'s pop art.  Basquiat was comfortable communicating political messages in his work, sometimes against institutions and [[colonialism]].

Basquiat's style consisted of a disarming simplicity, creating a unique style benefiting from the best of urban graffiti and his occasional mentor [[Andy Warhol]]'s pop art.  Basquiat was comfortable communicating political messages in his work, sometimes against institutions and [[colonialism]].

Basquiat is credited with bringing art back to human elements, after modern art had largely abandoned it with the popularity of Conceptualism and Minimalism in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>http://www.theartstory.org/artist-basquiat-jean-michel.htm</ref>

Basquiat is credited with bringing art back to human elements after modern art had largely abandoned it with the popularity of Conceptualism and Minimalism in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref>http://www.theartstory.org/artist-basquiat-jean-michel.htm</ref>

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