Keith Haring was born in 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was fascinated by Walt Disney cartoons as a child and enjoyed drawing with his father. Growing up, Haring was not interested in formal art and was more drawn to pop art like cartoons and comics. During the 1980s, Haring began his career painting graffiti on the walls and buildings of New York City subways. His drawings featured figures surrounded by rhythmic lines that made them appear vibrating or moving.

1. POP ART

2. Keith Haring
• Keith Haring was born
the 4th of May, 1958 in
Reading, Pennsylvania.
• As a child, Haring was
fascinated by the
cartoon art of Walt
Disney.
• He spent many hours
drawing with his father,
an engineer whose
hobby was cartooning.

3. Can you find Pennsylvania on the
map?

4. Growing up KEITH wasn’t interested in most of the art
he saw at the galleries.
“ TOO FORMAL.”
Keith was more interested in the pop art :
cartoons, comics etc.
Boring
Pop Art

5. The subway
artist
During the
1980’s Keith
began his
career in Art
in the New
York
underground.

6. GRAFFITI ART
KEITH
• PAINTED
GRAFFITIS ON
SOME OF THE
WALLS AND
BUILDINGS OF
NEW YORK CITY.

7. Characteristics
of his drawings
Figures
surrounded
by rhythmic
lines that
make them
apperar
vibrating or
moving.

10. Are you ready for answering some questions?
• What’s the name of our
artist?
• Where was he born?
• What kind of cartoons did
he paint?
• Did he like formal art?
• What art did he like?
• Where did he start his
career?
• Did he paint graffitis?
• Name sone of the
characteristics of his
pictures:
a) Keith Smith. B) keith Haring.
• A) Pennsylbania B) Paris.
• A) The Simpsons.B) Walt
Disney.
• A) Yes he did. B) no, he
didn’t.
• A) Formal. B) Pop art.
• A) In the subway B) In a
park.
• A) Yes, he did, B) no he
didn’t.