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Dec 25, 2014 · His paintings of waif-thin girls with eyes four times their normal size were dubbed “the most popular art now being produced in the free world” in a 1965 LIFE story. But Walter Keane, it...
Sep 23, 2014 · Nebraska-born Walter and Tennessee-born Margaret tied the knot in 1955 in Honolulu, Hawaii, both having been married with children before. He had studied art in Paris in the late 1940s, while she had been drawing since she was a child. One would claim the inspiration for the big-eyed Keane paintings came from his time in Europe after WWII ...
In 1970, Margaret Keane announced on a radio broadcast she was the real creator of the paintings that had been attributed to her ex-husband Walter Keane. After Margaret Keane revealed the truth, a "paint-off" between Margaret and Walter was staged in San Francisco's Union Square , arranged by Bill Flang, a reporter from the San Francisco ...
Dec 19, 2014 · Paintings and posters of the big-eyed waifs, often in rags, their hair unkempt, brought fame and fortune to the charming, smooth-talking artist — along with widespread critical disdain. But years...
May 7, 2014 · Walter Keane, the subject of an upcoming Tim Burton biopic, reaped a fortune back in the 60s painting weeping waifs with hypnotic, saucer-size eyes. But it was his long-suffering wife,...
Dec 18, 2014 · Walter painted nothing. He claimed a shoulder injury prevented him from demonstrating his skills with a brush. And so, with that single work, called, simply, Exhibit 224, Margaret proved once...
Dec 22, 2014 · Walter Keane's paintings of waifs with big tearful eyes were frowned on by art critics, but their huge popular success made him a fortune. Years later, the truth emerged: the works were...
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