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Margaret D. H. Keane (born Peggy Doris Hawkins, September 15, 1927 – June 26, 2022) [1] was an American artist known for her paintings of subjects with big eyes. She mainly painted women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media. The work achieved commercial success through inexpensive reproductions on prints, plates, and cups.
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- Peggy Doris Hawkins, September 15, 1927, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
- Artist
- June 26, 2022 (aged 94), Napa, California, U.S.
Jun 30, 2022 · A Margaret Keane 'Big Eyes' painting stolen in 1972 has been returned to the family that owned it The jury was convinced, and Keane was awarded $4 million, though that sum was later overturned ...
Feb 13, 2015 · Painter Margaret Keane created a unique, commercially popular artistic aesthetic during the 1960s, though unknown to the public for some time. Part of her life is depicted in the 2014 film 'Big Eyes.'
Dec 25, 2014 · Big Eyes: Directed by Tim Burton. With Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter. A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Tim Burton
- 2014-12-25
Jun 29, 2022 · Margaret Keane, a painter whose kitschy, doe-eyed figures became a ubiquitous part of the mid-century American visual landscape, has died. Keane died of heart failure in her home in Napa Valley ...
- Wallace Ludel
Apr 20, 2015 · Margaret Keane is known for her iconic "Big Eyes" paintings. When they first emerged on the market in the late 1950s, she let her then-husband take credit for her work. But in the mid-1980s Keane ...
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Jun 29, 2022 · Margaret Keane (second left) with director Tim Burton and actors Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz, in 2014. Artist Margaret Keane, known for her paintings of children with large sad eyes - and who ...
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