Citizen Keane expands the San Diego Reader essay into a book-length investigation on one of the oddest art swindles of the 20th century.!
Both Books are in very good condition.
Walter Keane
American plagiarist (–)
For the jail barge, see Walter B. Keane.
Walter Keane | |
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Born | Walter Stanley Keane ()October 7, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died | December 27, () (aged85) Encinitas, California, U.S. |
Knownfor | Plagiarism |
Spouses | Barbara Ingham (div.)Margaret Hawkins (m.; div.) |
Walter Stanley Keane (October 7, – December 27, ) was an American plagiarist who became famous in the s[1] as the claimed painter of a series of widely reproduced paintings depicting vulnerable subjects with enormous eyes.[2] The paintings are now accepted as having been painted by his 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 , Margaret Keane sued Walter and USA Today. In the subsequent slander suit, the judge demanded that the litigants paint a