The art of Margaret Keane

So I saw Tim Burton's Big Eyes a week ago, and it piqued my interest in Margaret Keane's artwork. I've seemingly been aware of Keane's big eyed waifs my whole life, and I've always had her in the kitsch category. It's interesting to discover that she has painted in a more modernistic style as well (the movie hints at this), and the first four paintings below fit that mode. The fifth is a big eyed child, but from her later career when she was painting happier scenes rather than the melancholy ones she is perhaps more famous for. I like the exuberant colors and composition. That one is called "Who Says Animals Can't Fly?" I haven't been able to find titles for the other four.

In poking around the web I've seen a number of other remarkable paintings that make me think there's a lot more to her artwork than I imagined. But those big eyed waifs are still kitsch.

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