Children do have big eyes. When I'm doing a portrait, the e… - Margaret Keane

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Children do have big eyes. When I'm doing a portrait, the eyes are the most expressive part of the face. And they just got bigger and bigger and bigger.

Margaret Keane

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About Margaret Keane

Margaret D. H. Keane (born Peggy Doris Hawkins; 15 September 1927) is an American artist. Creator of the "big eyed waifs", Keane is famous for drawing paintings with big eyes and mainly paints women, children, and animals in oil or mixed media. In the 1960s, Keane became one of the most popular and successful artists of the time. During this time, her artwork was sold under the name of her husband, Walter Keane, who claimed credit for her paintings. Their life together was the subject of the 2014 Tim Burton film Big Eyes.

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Birth Name: Peggy Doris Hawkins

Alternative Names: Margaret D. H. Keane • M. D. H. Keane • Margaret Peggy Doris Hawkins Keane

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I'd have to lock the door of the paint room. He wouldn't allow anyone in. I was like a prisoner.

He can't paint eyes. He couldn't learn to paint at all.

Walter was extremely charming. He could charm anybody, especially women.

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