Art History: Margaret Keane

An interesting story, the story of her life. If you want to know about it I recommend the film by Tim Burton…

These are some of her paintings. I did not provide the names or the dates, that you can find out through research, but at least I wanted you to see them and then you can relate them to the paintings done in the supposed new style called «low brow»…

(2022)

Cheers…

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  1. Avatar de beth beth dice:
    04/30/2022 a las 04:39

    i loved this film and i had no idea. i remember her art

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      04/30/2022 a las 08:14

      I am glad you liked it Beth. If you like this kind of art you might want to check out Mark Ryden from California…

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  2. Avatar de spwilcen spwilcen dice:
    04/30/2022 a las 04:51

    This is one of a few «art» forms I think absolutely repulsive. That includes the new «kiddie» art. Now, I shut my yap.

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      04/30/2022 a las 08:13

      No doubt I agree with you on that my friend, but she’s a famous American artist and must be featured. She has skill but her subject matter is definitely quite boring to me. All the best!

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  3. Avatar de Brad Osborne Brad Osborne dice:
    04/30/2022 a las 06:22

    Oversized and exaggerated features are nothing new to art. Although I enjoy her work, it does seem inexplicably linked to this one feature. There is obvious talent and tons of technique, but little growth or creativity. Her story, on the other hand, is something to hear. Great post, Francisco!

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      04/30/2022 a las 08:08

      Yes, in this case the story surrounding her art is more interesting than her art. I do admit she has skills but her subject matter somewhat bores me…
      Thank you my good friend!

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  4. Avatar de equipsblog equipsblog dice:
    04/30/2022 a las 09:46

    Wonderful video and music, Francisco. I wonder if she was the genesis behind the late 60s/early 70s big eyes pictures that for a while were almost up there with Hummel figurines and a later Precious Moments figurines.

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      04/30/2022 a las 11:03

      Thank you Pat! I don’t know about that but I am pretty confident she inspired recent artists like Mark Ryden who heads the «underground low brow» art movement. If you are into this type of art you can check out his work. It’s pretty creepy but technically quite good…

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      1. Avatar de equipsblog equipsblog dice:
        04/30/2022 a las 11:45

        Probably not my cup of tea/gin/wine. 😉

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  7. Avatar de TiffanyArpDaleo tiffanyarpdaleo dice:
    05/03/2022 a las 15:41

    Oh yes, I saw this film about her, her work is interesting!

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      05/03/2022 a las 15:42

      Glad you liked it Tiffany and thank you!

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  8. Avatar de vermavkv vermavkv dice:
    05/05/2022 a las 14:36

    Very nice

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    1. Avatar de valenciartist valenciartist dice:
      05/05/2022 a las 15:33

      Thank you! 🙏🏻

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