Margaret Keane
American artist (1927–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. It has been critically acclaimed but also criticized as formulaic and cliché. The artwork was originally attributed to Keane's then-husband, Walter Keane. Soon after their divorce in the 1960s, Margaret claimed credit, which was established after a court "paint-off" in Hawaii.[2]
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Born | Peggy Doris Hawkins (1927-09-15)September 15, 1927 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | June 26, 2022(2022-06-26) (aged 94) Napa, California, U.S. |
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Occupation | Artist |
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Children | 1 |
Website | www |
A resurgence of interest in Margaret Keane's work followed the release of Tim Burton's 2014 biopic Big Eyes. She maintained a gallery in San Francisco which boasts "the largest collection of Margaret Keane's art in the entire world."[3] In light of the great gulf between her work's popularity and its critical lampooning, she was sometimes referred to as the "Wayne Newton of the art world."[4]