Quotes
Art is a utilitarian thing, not a decorative thing.
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Trivia
Singing in a rock band in Brownsville, Texas, when he was a teenager, he released his first album "Every Silver Lining Has a Cloud", containing country-rock songs, in 1995.
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His wife Olatz López Garmendia appeared as Reinaldo's mother in Before Night Falls (2000), also serving as the movie's executive producer.
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Studied at the University of Houston, Texas from 1969 to 1973, where he received his B.F.A..
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Born in Brooklyn but later moved with family to Brownsville, Texas where he grew up.
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Father of five children: Stella Schnabel, Vito Maria Schnabel and Lola Schnabel with his first wife Jacqueline; the twins Cy Schnabel and Olmo Schnabel with his present wife Olatz López Garmendia. All of his children appeared on Before Night Falls (2000).
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His daughter Stella Schnabel used to date Red Hot Chili Peppers lead guitarist John Frusciante. They have since broken up.
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Traveled to Europe in the late 1970s, where he was impressed by the work of artists such as Antoni Gaudi and Joseph Beuys.
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His college room mate was Robert Wuhl.
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Lives in New York City and has a summer home in Montauk, Long Island.
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His art works are in museums throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
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His first solo show at the Mary Boone Gallery in 1979 made him a new force in the neo-expressionist movement. One year later, he was invited to participate at the Venice Biennale.
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Born to Esta and Jack Schnabel, he has an older brother and sister.
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Says he remains on good terms with his ex-wife Jacqueline, who lives seven blocks away from his New York home.
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Created a pink, seven floors high Venezian palazzo with Romeo and Juliet balconies in Manhattan, where his family is living and his studio is situated.
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Prior to establishing his film career, Julian Schnabel made a name for himself (throughout the 1980s) as a "neo-expressionist" artist/painter (some of his paintings involved smashed plates glued to wooden panels). His work has been exhibited at art galleries around the world, and he has been known as the "self-proclaimed lion of the New York art world".
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Did the paintings, photos and art direction for the album "By the way" (2002) by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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