Attributed to Margaret Hawkins Keane, American, 1927 to 2022, oil painting on canvas, depicting a double female portrait, 1963. Signed, dated, and copyright MDH, lower right. Framed. Margaret Keane is known for Modernist sad child figure painting, and portraiture. Margaret Keane is an American artist. She is an illustrator and painter, and mainly draws women and children in oil or mixed media. Her works are instantly recognizable from the doe eyed children that are depicted in the drawings. In the 1960s, Margaret Keanes artwork was sold under the name of her husband, Walter Keane. Her works while living in her husbands shadow tended to depict sad children in a dark setting, but after divorcing, moving to Hawaii, and becoming one of Jehovahs Witnesses, her paintings took on a happier, brighter style. Her website now advertises her work as having tears of joy or tears of happiness. Keane is a fixture in popular culture. Some of her well known fans over the years have included actresses Joan Crawford and Natalie Wood, whom she painted portraits of; filmmaker Tim Burton, who commissioned Keane to paint Lisa Marie; and animator Craig McCracken, whose characters the Powerpuff Girls are based on Keanes waifs; additionally the Girls schoolteacher is named Ms. Keane. One of a kind artwork.
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Auction Date |
August 12th, 2023 |
PRICE WITH BUYER PREMIUM |
$2,560.00 |