Bernard Gotfryd
Keith Haring
PainterKnown for:
public art and graphic advocacy; the subway chalk drawings
Education:
School of Visual Arts, New York (1978-1980)
Keith Haring began drawing his chalk figures in the New York City subway system in the early 1980s - a vocabulary of crawling babies, barking dogs, radiant hearts, and dancing figures executed in bold, continuous line - before moving into galleries and large-scale public works worldwide. He founded the Pop Shop in 1986 as a vehicle for making his work accessible at low prices. He died of AIDS-related complications in 1990 at 31, having spent his final years on AIDS activism.
Keith Haring's Gear List(1)
Sennelier
Connection note
Haring used oil sticks and pastels in his studio practice alongside his better-known marker and spray paint work; Sennelier oil pastels are documented in retrospective accounts of his working materials.
Product description
Sennelier Oil Pastels were developed in collaboration with Pablo Picasso in 1949, when he asked the Parisian colorist Henri Sennelier to create a stick medium that combined the richness of oil paint with the directness of pastel. The resulting product — a blend of oil, wax, and high-quality pigments — allowed for immediate drawing and blending without drying. Sennelier's shop near the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris has supplied materials to artists in the city since 1887.
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Last updated March 20, 2026