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Is Keane a real artist?
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Yes, Keane is a real artist. Margaret Keane was born Peggy Doris Hawkins in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 15, 1927. At age 18, Keane attended the Traphagen School of Design in New York City for a year. Early on, Keane experimented with kitsch. She began painting her signature oversized "Keane eyes" when creating portraits of children. She said she was always interested in the eyes and used to draw them in her school books. Her life inspired the 2014 film Big Eyes. Find a selection of Margaret Keane art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024
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San Francisco, Girl with Mission Dolores original lithograph by Margaret Keane
By Margaret Keane
Located in Paonia, CO
San Francisco, Girl with Mission Dolores is an original lithograph by Margaret Keane c. 1980. A young girl in a head scarf is seen in front of the Mission Dolores in San Fr...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Boy in Red Shirt original lithograph by Margaret Keane c 1980
By Margaret Keane
Located in Paonia, CO
Boy in Red Shirt is an original lithograph by Margaret Keane c. 1980. A young boy in a red shirt is seen in front of a three story building in a city on a blue sky day. An ori...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Modernist Portrait of a Woman
By Margaret Keane
Located in Milford, NH
A fine modernist portrait of a woman by American artist Margaret Hawkins Keane (1927-2022). Keane was born in Nashville,TN, and attributes her deep respect for the Bible and inspirations of her artwork to the relationship with her grandmother. In the 1960’s, while married to her second husband Walter, she was forced to paint and sell under his name, but during their divorce proceedings, she was able to prove that the paintings were actually done by her and the court determined that she was able to paint under her own name again. She became known for painting women and children with large black sad eyes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
