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Remember the Keane big-eyed kids paintings? See any similarity to anime eyes? (Original Post) bobbieinok Jan 2020 OP
I used to love those, I'd forgotten all about them. dewsgirl Jan 2020 #1
Interesting sidelight to this-- Keane's wife actually did the paintings and he took credit- dawg day Jan 2020 #2
There was a movie made about this missingthebigdog Jan 2020 #3
Yes. I liked it a lot. TexasBushwhacker Jan 2020 #4

dawg day

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2. Interesting sidelight to this-- Keane's wife actually did the paintings and he took credit-
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 06:54 PM
Jan 2020

From Wikipedia:
Walter Stanley Keane (October 7, 1915 – December 27, 2000) was an American plagiarist who became famous in the 1960s[1] as the claimed painter of a series of widely reproduced paintings depicting vulnerable subjects with enormous eyes.[2] The paintings are now accepted as having been painted by his wife Margaret Keane. When she declared her side of the story, Walter Keane retaliated with a USA Today article that again claimed he had done the work.

In 1986 Margaret Keane sued Walter and USA Today. In the subsequent slander suit, the judge demanded that the litigants paint a painting in the courtroom, but Walter declined, citing a sore shoulder. Margaret then produced a painting for the jurors in 53 minutes. The jury awarded her damages of $4 million.[3]

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