He has had a great influence on today's graffiti art and 'guerilla art' movements, the main motivation of his work being social consciousness and the desire to bring art to the people. From that point on, he has worked exclusively with pre-stenciled posters, citing the speedier application of the medium to walls, as well as lessened punishment should he be caught in the act. There are 24 similar (related) artists for Blek Le Rat available:īen Eine, C215, Nick Walker, D Face, ROA, Shepard (Sheppard) Fairey, Seen, Pure Evil, Invader, Carlo Cope 2, Jef Aerosol, Paul Insect, Hush, Faile, DALeast, Dran, Zevs, Otavio and Gustavo Os Gemeos, Swoon, Herakut, Mist, Futura 2000, John Andrew Perello, Speedy (Olivier Rizzo) Graphitoīlek's identity was revealed to French authorities in 1991 when he was arrested while stenciling a replica of Caravaggio's Madonna and Child, with the connection to Blek and his artwork being made by police. askART lists Blek Le Rat in 0 of its research Essays.īlek Le Rat has 8 artist signature examples available in our database. Galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Blek Le Rat as either 'Wanted' or 'For Sale' There are 0Īrtworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers askART's database currently holds 221 auction lots for Blek Le Rat (of whichġ59 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)Īrtist artworks for sale and wanted. Le Rat is credited with being the inventor of the life-sized stencil, as well as the first to transform stencil from basic lettering into pictoral art.

He also stated the influence of New York's Richard Hamilton, who painted large-scale human figures in the 1980s.

?Initially influenced by the early graffiti art of New York City after a visit in 1971, he chose a style which he felt better suited Paris, due to the differing architecture of the two cities. His name originates from a childhood cartoon 'Blek le Roc', using 'rat' as an anagram for 'art'. He began his artwork in 1981, painting stencils of rats on the street walls of Paris, describing the rat as 'the only free animal in the city', and one which 'spreads the plague everywhere, just like street art'. Blek le Rat, born Xavier Prou in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris in 1952, was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and the originator of stencil graffiti art.

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