Richard Hambleton

Richard Hambleton, often referred to as the “godfather of street art,” pioneered New York’s downtown art scene alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.

He is best known for his menacing “Shadowmen” and “Horse and Rider” figures—grisly black silhouettes that appear to have been painted mid-explosion. He tagged across the U.S. and Canada before settling in New York in 1979.

Some renowned collectors include:

• The Brooklyn Museum (New York)
• The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh)
• The Museum of Modern Art (New York)
• Harvard University (Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge)
• The Austin Museum of Art (Texas)
• The Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee)