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Tue 14 Feb, 2012 08:55 pm
I have a picture that I have had for a while. I don't know who painted it or anything about it. It is on a large canvas and it has yellow daisys/sunflowers on it with vines. It says Keane painted it but i can't make out the first letter. It looks like an exclamation point with a less than sign where the dot it. Can someone tell me anything about it I've searched the internet like crazy trying to figure out something but so far no leads.
@tltjones0935,
You mean Walter and his wife (uhhhh, Im gonna say Charlotte? but not sure). They became famous for painting "chochkie art" of those big eyed kids that Walter encountered back in his days in EUrope immediately after WWII. He and his wife saw they had a gimmick and marketed it successfully in the 50's through the 70's .
Heres a copy of a LIFE magazine from the early 60's with a long article about Walter.
I dont know who youve got there but Im certain that Walter Keane didnt have an exclusive right to the nname "Keane"
http://books.google.com/books?id=WFMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q&f=false
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