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Seen, (whose real name is Richard Mirando), was born in 1961 in the Bronx where he grew up and still lives today. He was a precocious artist. He gets his first spray paint can at the age of 11. Two years later, he was making decorative painting for his uncle, the owner of a car garage. This is when he customises his first cars.

The graffiti movement was at the time in full force. Richard was fascinated by the painted metro trains in the Lexington Avenue depot and on line 6, just behind his uncle's garage. He goes to the depot on a Saturday afternoon in 1973 and makes his first "piece". He chooses the nickname "Seen". He likes the 2 "Es" and the meaning fits his art. Making graffiti becomes for him the means to realise his desire to be seen by the most people possible.

His first painting is a revelation. From a mere spectator, he became a player in the movement. The metro becomes his support. He works a lot and starts painting Whole cars which will mark the spirit of New York forever. His name and his art are carried throughout the city by the trains taken each day by hundreds of thousands of people. His unique style, his creativity and his tenacity make him a leader of the underground graffiti movement in New York during the 1980s.

In 1982, the Style Wars documentary by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant transforms him into an icon of the movement for the rest of the world. Recognised by his peers as the "Godfather of Graffiti", Seen is today's most famous graffiti artist and his influence is unprecedented.


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Fine Art Drawings

Painting, Inconnu, Seen

Inconnu

Seen

Painting - 29.9 x 26 x 1.2 inch

$1,811 $1,630

Fine Art Drawings, Looney Lenny with tags, Seen

Looney Lenny with tags

Seen

Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 3.3 inch

$1,925

Painting, Untitled 9671, Seen

Untitled 9671

Seen

Painting - 22.2 x 66.3 inch

$2,264

Painting, Spray Can Signature Series, Seen

Spray Can Signature Series

Seen

Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.1 inch

$849

Painting, Spray Can Signature Series, Seen

Spray Can Signature Series

Seen

Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.8 inch

$849

Painting, Untitled 9602, Seen

Untitled 9602

Seen

Painting - 28 x 78 inch

$3,396

Painting, Spray can serie (Grey), Seen

Spray can serie (Grey)

Seen

Painting - 28.3 x 26 x 2 inch

$1,415

Painting, Street Splash NYC, Seen

Street Splash NYC

Seen

Painting - 28 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,358

Painting, Street Splash NYC, Seen

Street Splash NYC

Seen

Painting - 28 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,358

Painting, Street Splash NYC, Seen

Street Splash NYC

Seen

Painting - 28 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,358

Painting, Untitled 9670, Seen

Untitled 9670

Seen

Painting - 22.2 x 66.3 inch

$2,830

Painting, Bubble Bleu & Rose, Seen

Bubble Bleu & Rose

Seen

Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,811

Painting, Bubble yellow, Seen

Bubble yellow

Seen

Painting - 29.9 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch

$1,585

Painting, Bubble blue, Seen

Bubble blue

Seen

Painting - 26 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

$1,585

Painting, Jumbo serie, Seen

Jumbo serie

Seen

Painting - 33.5 x 80.7 x 0.8 inch

$3,283

Painting, Plan de métro New York, Seen

Plan de métro New York

Seen

Painting - 32.3 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

$1,358

Painting, Spray can serie (Orange), Seen

Spray can serie (Orange)

Seen

Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$906

Painting, Spray can serie (Blue), Seen

Spray can serie (Blue)

Seen

Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$906

Painting, Batman, Seen

Batman

Seen

Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$10,189

Painting, Untituled, Seen

Untituled

Seen

Painting - 25.6 x 70.9 x 0 inch

$3,623

Painting, Raw bubble Blue, Seen

Raw bubble Blue

Seen

Painting - 29.7 x 28 inch

$1,585

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Multi Seen

Seen

Painting - 27.6 x 70.9 inch

$4,528

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Multi Seen

Seen

Painting - 56 x 16 x 0 inch

$2,264

Painting, Multi Tags Blue, Seen

Multi Tags Blue

Seen

Painting - 27.6 x 58.3 inch

$1,698

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Multi Seen

Seen

Painting - 30 x 28 inch

$1,698

Painting, Batman, Seen

Batman

Seen

Painting - 40.9 x 40.6 x 0.1 inch

$13,585

Painting, Untitled SE Bubble Raw, Seen

Untitled SE Bubble Raw

Seen

Painting - 24 x 24 inch

$1,472

Painting, Multi Tags, Seen

Multi Tags

Seen

Painting - 14.2 x 66.9 inch

$1,992

Painting, Untituled 3, Seen

Untituled 3

Seen

Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,245

Painting, Bubble Rose, Seen

Bubble Rose

Seen

Painting - 30.3 x 24 x 0.8 inch

$1,811

Painting, Colorz, Seen

Colorz

Seen

Painting - 67.7 x 31.9 x 0 inch

$2,830

Painting, Untituled 1, Seen

Untituled 1

Seen

Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,245

Painting, Untituled 2, Seen

Untituled 2

Seen

Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,245

Painting, Untituled 4, Seen

Untituled 4

Seen

Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,245

Painting, Untituled 5, Seen

Untituled 5

Seen

Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,245

Painting, Untituled 6, Seen

Untituled 6

Seen

Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,245

Painting, Untituled 7, Seen

Untituled 7

Seen

Painting - 24.4 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,245

Painting, Bubble Orange, Seen

Bubble Orange

Seen

Painting - 30.3 x 24 x 0.8 inch

$2,264

Painting, Multi Tags Multicolor, Seen

Multi Tags Multicolor

Seen

Painting - 33.9 x 69.7 inch

$2,377

Painting, Untitled 8551, Seen

Untitled 8551

Seen

Painting - 29.9 x 26.2 inch

$1,132

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Untitled

Seen

Painting - 28 x 78.3 inch

$2,264

Painting, Untitled 7902, Seen

Untitled 7902

Seen

Painting - 33.9 x 22 inch

$1,132

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Untitled

Seen

Painting - 29.9 x 67.7 inch

$2,264

Painting, Multi tags orange red, Seen

Multi tags orange red

Seen

Painting - 33.9 x 69.7 inch

$2,377

Painting, Untitled, Seen

Untitled

Seen

Painting - 20 x 24 inch

$1,200

Painting, Wild style bleu red, Seen

Wild style bleu red

Seen

Painting - 28 x 59.8 inch

$3,396

Painting, Multiblaze, Seen

Multiblaze

Seen

Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$2,830

Painting, Scribble SE, Seen

Scribble SE

Seen

Painting - 50 x 34.3 x 0.1 inch

$13,585

Painting, Bubble purple, Seen

Bubble purple

Seen

Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$2,038

Painting, Bubble bleu, Seen

Bubble bleu

Seen

Painting - 29.9 x 26 x 1.2 inch

$1,585

Painting, Bombing Spray NY serie, Seen

Bombing Spray NY serie

Seen

Painting - 32.3 x 26.8 x 1.2 inch

$2,038

Painting, Cans & Tags Map, Seen

Cans & Tags Map

Seen

Painting - 31.9 x 22.8 inch

$1,392

Painting, Mad Transit, Seen

Mad Transit

Seen

Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 inch

$1,641

Painting, Multi blaze, Seen

Multi blaze

Seen

Painting - 68.1 x 19.8 x 0.8 inch

$3,170

Painting, Ultraviolet, Seen

Ultraviolet

Seen

Painting - 31.9 x 59.8 inch

$4,075

Painting, Untitled SE Wild Style Raw large jaune, Seen

Untitled SE Wild Style Raw large jaune

Seen

Painting - 20.1 x 55.3 inch

$2,830

Painting, Multi-tags turquoise, Seen

Multi-tags turquoise

Seen

Painting - 29.9 x 67.7 x 1.2 inch

$3,962

Painting, Multi-Tags, Seen

Multi-Tags

Seen

Painting - 24 x 68.1 inch

$4,358

Painting, MultiTags, Seen

MultiTags

Seen

Painting - 24 x 22 inch

$3,736

Painting, Bubble Jaune, Seen

Bubble Jaune

Seen

Painting - 30.3 x 24 x 1.2 inch

$2,943

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Who is the artist?

Seen, (whose real name is Richard Mirando), was born in 1961 in the Bronx where he grew up and still lives today. He was a precocious artist. He gets his first spray paint can at the age of 11. Two years later, he was making decorative painting for his uncle, the owner of a car garage. This is when he customises his first cars.

The graffiti movement was at the time in full force. Richard was fascinated by the painted metro trains in the Lexington Avenue depot and on line 6, just behind his uncle's garage. He goes to the depot on a Saturday afternoon in 1973 and makes his first "piece". He chooses the nickname "Seen". He likes the 2 "Es" and the meaning fits his art. Making graffiti becomes for him the means to realise his desire to be seen by the most people possible.

His first painting is a revelation. From a mere spectator, he became a player in the movement. The metro becomes his support. He works a lot and starts painting Whole cars which will mark the spirit of New York forever. His name and his art are carried throughout the city by the trains taken each day by hundreds of thousands of people. His unique style, his creativity and his tenacity make him a leader of the underground graffiti movement in New York during the 1980s.

In 1982, the Style Wars documentary by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant transforms him into an icon of the movement for the rest of the world. Recognised by his peers as the "Godfather of Graffiti", Seen is today's most famous graffiti artist and his influence is unprecedented.

What is Seen’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Graffiti Artists, Playful Street Art

When was Seen born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1961