Jean-Michael Baquiat started drawing at an early age. He was a self taught artist. He began drawing on sheets of paper that his father brought home from work. His mother saw this and encouraged him to pursue his artistic talents as a career. Being born with a Haitian-American father and a Puerto Rican mother his ideas and inspiration came from his heritage. He first attracted attention for his graffiti under the name “SAMO” in New York city. His fame for his painting was soon adored by the public and people paid as much as fifty thousand dollars for a Basquiat original. This new art movement brought in a new wave of young and experimental artist which included Julian Schnabel and Susan Rustenburg. His paintings continued to exhibit around
