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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.
Some time in the mid-1950s, Margaret, married with a child, met Walter Keane. At the height of his popularity, Walter said he saw her sitting alone at a well known North Beach bistro and he was attracted by her large eyes. [13] At the time Walter was also married and working as a real estate salesman, while painting on the side. [14]
Big Eyes is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz.It is about the relationship between American artist Margaret Keane and her second husband, Walter Keane, who, in the 1950s and 1960s, took credit for Margaret's phenomenally popular paintings of people with big eyes.
Margaret Keane, whose popular paintings of big-eyed, melancholy children became one of the most widely recognized signature artistic styles of the late 20th century — and whose long battle with ...
Margaret Keane, who went to court to prove that her popular paintings of children with large, sad eyes were indeed hers and not her husband’s, a tale that was told in the Tim Burton film Big ...
Dr. Walter Keene Wilkins, 67, was kneeling next to his wife, Julia, gently washing her face with water when police arrived. Her battered head rested on a pillow that was soaked with blood.
The Walter Keane page should be reduced to a 'husband of artist Margaret Keane' and should be largely about is place in history, which was; the intellectual property theft of his wife's work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.243.9 ( talk ) 14:46, 27 October 2014 (UTC) [ reply ]
Bil Keane and his wife Thelma a.k.a. "Thel" lived in Paradise Valley. Their house is located at 5815 E. Joshua Tree Ln. Bil is the creator of the daily newspaper panel The Family Circus which premiered on February 29, 1960. [8]