Walter Keane by Margaret Keane (.PDF)
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Walter Keane by Margaret Keane
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Overview: Walter Stanley Keane 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. The paintings are now accepted as having been painted by his then-wife, Margaret Keane. When she told her side of the story, Walter Keane retaliated with a USA Today article that again claimed he had done the work.
In 1986, Margaret Keane sued Walter and USA Today. In the subsequent slander suit, the judge demanded that the litigants paint a painting in the courtroom, but Walter declined, citing a sore shoulder. Margaret then produced a painting for the jurors in 53 minutes. The jury awarded her damages of $4 million.
The Keanes’ history served as the basis of the Tim Burton’s Big Eyes film, released in 2014. This book, featuring Margaret Keane’s artwork but published under Walter’s name, was released in 1962.
Genre: Non-Fiction > General
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