Walter keane

Who is the mother of big-eye art? Margaret Keane, of course! Her poignant paintings, mass-produced as prints in the 1960s and '70s, captured the hearts of the masses and are popular once again.

Remember those Margaret Keane paintings from the 60s?

In the 1960s, Walter Keane was feted for his sentimental portraits that sold by the million. But in fact, his wife Margaret was the artist, working in virtual slavery to maintain his success. She tells Jon Ronson her story, now the subject of a Tim Burton biopic

I went to see "Big Eyes" last week with my friend. It was really good. I remember Margaret Keane's paintings very well from when I was little. I got a kick out of seeing the painting above featured in the film, since I have had this postcard of the big-eyed little girl with the Siamese cat since I was quite young. On the back it says "(Copyright) 1962 Walter Keane - All rights Reserved From the oil painting "Little Ones" by Walter Keane", which we know by now was completely untrue, as it was…

Keane kids were the true pop art, much more a mass phenomenon than Warhol’s Brillo boxes or Lichtenstein’s exploded comics.

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"The Little Clown" ~ Margaret Keane, 1962

From a box of Christmas cards labeled "Christmas Cards by Margaret and Walter Keane." This card says "from an oil painting 'The Shepherd Boy' by San Francisco artist Walter Keane, 1963" Several other card designs are designated as Margaret's work; an adult angel and aMadonna, not quite so "Big Eyed."