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Walter Stanley Keane (October 7, 1915 – December 27, 2000) was an American plagiarist who became famous in the 1960s as the claimed painter of a series of widely reproduced paintings depicting vulnerable subjects with enormous eyes.
- Walter Stanley Keane, October 7, 1915, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
- Plagiarism
- December 27, 2000 (aged 85), Encinitas, California, U.S.
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Dec 23, 2014 · Learn how the true story of Margaret and Walter Keane, the artists behind the big-eyed paintings, was adapted for the 2014 biopic Big Eyes. Compare the cast, the plot, and the facts with the movie version.
December 25, 2014 1:00 PM EST. F or years, Walter Keane was known as one of the most commercially successful artists of the 1960s. His paintings of waif-thin girls with eyes four times their...
Dec 19, 2014 · Walter Keane made his name with wistful paintings of big-eyed children — paintings actually done by his wife. Tim Burton directs and Amy Adams stars in Big Eyes, a new movie about the Keanes ...
Dec 27, 2017 · Dec 27, 2017 Tijana Radeska. Getty Images. Walter Keane emerged on the art scene during the 1960s with the immensely popular paintings known as “Big Eyes.” He went from being a real estate broker to one of the highest paid artists of his time, charging up to $50,000 for a painting.
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Dec 22, 2014 · By Tim Masters. Arts and entertainment correspondent, BBC News. Tim Burton's latest film tells the true story of a bizarre art fraud case in 1960s America. Walter Keane's paintings of waifs...
May 7, 2014 · The subject is Walter and Margaret Keane, 60s pop artists who caused a weird sensation painting kids with big eyes. They're also the subject of Big Eyes , Tim Burton's new biopic, which will see ...