Walter Keane
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Walter Keane was an American painter and art figure notorious for fraudulently claiming credit for his wife Margaret Keane’s popular “big-eyed” child paintings, a scandal later dramatized in the film *Big Eyes*.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Keane canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
art fraudster
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| conflict | legal dispute with Margaret Keane over painting authorship ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Keane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
commercial art
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visual arts ⓘ |
| genre | popular art ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Keane art brand ⓘ |
| hasSubject | children with exaggerated large eyes in paintings ⓘ |
| influencedBy | post-war American popular culture ⓘ |
| movement | kitsch art ⓘ |
| name | Walter Keane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
artistic authorship dispute with Margaret Keane
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court case over authorship of big-eyed paintings ⓘ |
| notableFor |
claiming authorship of the big-eyed child paintings actually painted by Margaret Keane
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commercialization of big-eyed child paintings in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ fraudulently taking credit for Margaret Keane’s paintings ⓘ public appearances promoting big-eyed paintings as his own work ⓘ role in one of the most famous art fraud scandals of the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork | Big Eyes (marketing and promotion of the big-eyed paintings series) ⓘ |
| occupation |
art dealer
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painter ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
California
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Christoph Waltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | film Big Eyes ⓘ |
| significantPerson | Margaret Keane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Keane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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