Julian Schnabel
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Julian Schnabel (born New York, 26 October 1951) is an American painter, sculptor and filmmaker.
Upon being introduced to painting by his friend the Houston-based artist Michael Hollis, an occasional member of the Red Krayola and a co-founder with Andy Feehan (an artist better known perhaps for his tattooed pigs and dogs) of the anarchic art group Daucus Carota, Schnabel obtained a BFA at the University of Houston in 1973, but did not come to prominence as an artist until the mid-1980s when he became a major figure in the Neo-expressionism movement. His paintings are messy tableaus, primarily derivative of those by Willem De Kooning, the aforementioned Michael Hollis, and Galveston artist Joe Glasco. Many of his best-known works are painted on collaged surfaces of broken pottery, often on a wooden support.
Schnabel has written and directed two films: Basquiat a biopic on the controversial painter Jean-Michel Basquiat (1996) and Before Night Falls, an adaptation of Reinaldo Arenas' autobiographical novel (2000). The latter he also produced. He was also the painter, photographer and director for the cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album By The Way and illustrated the album The Raven by Lou Reed.
In 1995, Schnabel released his first pop-music endeavour, Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud, (Island Records).
Julian Schnabel works and lives in New York.
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