Horn Players , 1983, acrylic and oilstick on three canvas panels mounted on wood supports Jean-Michel Basquiat was a classic Neo-Expressionist painter and New York native, a place in which he took great inspiration from. Born in 1960, Basquiat spent his childhood going to museums and studying fine art. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, he was introduced to the graffiti culture around him. Basquiat started by putting graffiti around lower Manhattan under the name of “SAMO”.
