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Margaret D. H. Keane (born Peggy Doris Hawkins, September 15, 1927 – June 26, 2022) 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.
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- Peggy Doris Hawkins, September 15, 1927, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
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- June 26, 2022 (aged 94), Napa, California, U.S.
Dec 27, 2017 · Margaret Keane, a former artist, reveals that her husband Walter Keane, a real estate broker, painted the children with big eyes and sold them as his own. Learn how she discovered the fraud, how she painted the children with her own style, and how she coped with the fame and the loss of her hearing.
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...
MARGARET KEANE. CREATOR OF “KEANE EYES” ALSO REFERRED TO AS “BIG EYED WAIFS.” SHE PAINTED SUCCESSFULLY FOR MORE THAN SIXTY (60) YEARS. Born in 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee, Margaret always loved to paint and draw since an early age. She first made her paintings famous in San Francisco’s North Beach in the 1950s.
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Margaret Keane. Margaret Keane is an American painter best known for her distinctive portraits of children with oversized eyes. View Margaret Keane’s 159 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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Feb 13, 2015 · Margaret Keane was a painter of large-eyed figures with distinctive "Keane Eyes" or "Big Eyed Waifs". She was known for creating the paintings in the 1960s, but her husband Walter took credit for them. She revealed herself as the true artist in 1970 and sued him for defamation. Her story is detailed in the 2014 film 'Big Eyes'.
Dec 14, 2014 · Learn about Margaret Keane, the woman who painted the iconic big-eyed waifs that made her husband Walter famous. See her works, her story, and how she fought for her rights in court and in Hollywood.
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