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Margaret Keane

1927 - 2022

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Margaret D. H. Keane (born Peggy Doris Hawkins), September 15, 1927 – June 26, 2022) was an American artist known for her paintings of subjects with big eyes. She mainly painted women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media. The work achieved commercial success through inexpensive reproductions on prints, plates, and cups. It has been critically acclaimed but also criticized as formulaic and clichéd. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret Keane is the 681st most popular painter (down from 555th in 2019), the 2,547th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,750th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Painter.

Margaret Keane is most famous for her paintings of big-eyed children. She and her husband Walter Keane were both artists, but she was the one who became famous for her paintings.

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Among painters, Margaret Keane ranks 681 out of 2,023. Before her are Valentin de Boulogne, Thomas Cole, Tadeusz Kantor, Philips Wouwerman, Carolus-Duran, and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam. After her are Altichiero, Francisco Herrera the Elder, Ramon Casas, Marietta Robusti, Otto van Veen, and John Russell.

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Among people born in 1927, Margaret Keane ranks 113. Before her are Vernon L. Smith, Dick Bruna, Odvar Nordli, Thanin Kraivichien, Bob Fosse, and Dana Elcar. After her are Marvin Harris, William Labov, Jorge Batlle, Wadie Haddad, Sabah, and Carlos José Castilho. Among people deceased in 2022, Margaret Keane ranks 117. Before her are Radu Lupu, Thierry Mugler, Alain Tanner, Pierre Soulages, Yoshio Kikugawa, and Andy Fletcher. After her are David Trimble, Cüneyt Arkın, Jozef Tomko, Joachim Streich, Yuri Averbakh, and Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Margaret Keane ranks 2,547 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Vance (1916), Tex Avery (1908), Leif Erickson (1911), Ray Parker Jr. (1954), Charles Mingus (1922), and Laura Linney (1964). After her are George Wallace (1919), Darren Aronofsky (1969), Robert E. Park (1864), Tina Aumont (1946), Ornette Coleman (1930), and Edward Witten (1951).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Margaret Keane ranks 23. Before her are Dorothea Tanning (1910), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Will Sampson (1933), Sol LeWitt (1928), Thomas Eakins (1844), and Cindy Sherman (1954). After her are Jasper Johns (1930), Andrew Wyeth (1917), John Sloan (1871), Julian Schnabel (1951), Robert Reid (1862), and Barbara Kruger (1945).

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