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Walter Keane
American plagiarist (1915–2000)
For the jail barge, see Walter B. Keane.
Walter Keane | |
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Born | Walter Stanley Keane (1915-10-07)October 7, 1915 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died | December 27, 2000(2000-12-27) (aged 85) Encinitas, California, U.S. |
Known for | Plagiarism |
Spouses | Barbara Ingham (div. 1952)Margaret Hawkins (m. 1955; div. 1965) |
Walter Stanley Keane (October 7, 1915 – December 27, 2000) was an American plagiarist who became famous in the 1960s[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 1986, Margaret Keane sued Wa