An Innovator In Margaret Keane's Art

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Another innovator is Margaret Keane, who is still alive today. Margaret Keane is famous for introducing a different type of art. She is the creator of “the big eyed children.” Margaret Keane did paintings of children who had huge eyes. She calls them, “Windows to their inner person.” At first, her artwork was criticized because she was a women and it was odd that the eyes of the children were so huge. Later on, the public started to view the artwork in a different light and loved the her paintings and it started to become a famous phase. Sadly, her husband claimed that he created all of the paintings and everyone believed that he created all of the paintings. Though, as the years went by Margaret defended for herself, and fought back saying

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