Did you know that in 1977 Jean Michel Basquiat quit high school a - TopicsExpress



          

Did you know that in 1977 Jean Michel Basquiat quit high school a year before he was slated to graduate? And to make ends meet, he sold sweatshirts and postcards featuring his artwork on the streets of New York. After struggling for three years he rose to fame in 1980, when his work was featured in a group show. He received critical acclaim for the fusion of words, symbols, stick figures, and animals. Soon, his paintings came to be adored by an art loving public that had no problem paying as much as $50,000 for a Basquiat original.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:22:58 +0000

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