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Jean-Michel Basquiat (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
[2] [3] This perceived phenomenon, which came to be known as the "27 Club", attributes special significance to popular musicians, artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27, often as a result of drug and alcohol abuse or violent means such as homicide, suicide, or transportation-related accidents. [7]
Born in Ossining, New York, [1] French received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in 1925. Soon after this he met and befriended Paul Cadmus (1904–1999) in New York City, who became his lover. [3] [4] French persuaded Cadmus to give up commercial art for what he deemed, "serious painting".
Lorraine O’Grady, an indefatigable conceptual artist whose work critiqued definitions of identity, died in New York on Friday aged 90. Her gallery, Mariane Ibrahim, confirmed her death via email ...
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1980s.
Rodale had died of a heart attack at age 72. The episode was never aired. 1972: Les Harvey, lead guitarist of the Glasgow rock band Stone the Crows, died after being electrocuted by his microphone while performing at Swansea's Top Rank Ballroom. [1] Jazz musician Lee Morgan was murdered while performing at Slugs' Saloon in New York.
British artist [29] Saloua Raouda Choucair: 1916–2017: 100: Lebanese painter and sculptor [30] Huguette Clark: 1906–2011: 104: American heiress, artist, and art collector [31] Edna Clarke Hall: 1879–1979: 100: British artist and poet [32] Alphaeus Philemon Cole: 1876–1988: 112: American painter [33] Horacio Coppola: 1906–2012: 105 ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 1988. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.