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She will be portrayed by Amy Adams in the upcoming Tim Burton film Big Eyes. Some of her well-known fans over the years have included actresses Joan Crawford and Natalie Wood, whom she painted portraits of filmmaker Tim Burton, who commissioned Keane to paint Lisa Marie and animator Craig McCracken, whose characters the Powerpuff Girls are based on Keane's 'waifs' additionally the Girls' schoolteacher is named "Ms. Her works while living in her husband's shadow tended to depict sad children in a dark setting, but after divorcing, moving to Hawaii her paintings took on a happier, brighter style. In 1986, the courts sided with her, enabling her to paint under her own name. Walter declined to paint before the court, citing a sore shoulder.
At the hearing, Margaret challenged Walter to a 'paint-off' and created a painting in front of the judge to prove that she was the artist. Keane died of heart failure in her home in Napa Valley. Walter and Margaret's divorce proceedings went all the way to federal court. Margaret Keane, a painter whose kitschy, doe-eyed figures became a ubiquitous part of the mid-century American visual landscape, has died. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt. Margaret’s work drew little accolades from art critics but was loved and admired by the world. She first made her paintings famous in San Francisco’s North Beach in the 1950s. Conflict over that issue was cited as one of the reasons they divorced. View An untitled portrait of Girl with Flower (1960) By Keane Margaret canvas 29 x 23 Signed. Born in 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee, Margaret always loved to paint and draw since an early age. Walter Keane claimed credit for her work. In the 1960s, Margaret Keane's artwork was sold under the name of her husband, Walter Keane. Art Brokerage: Margaret Keane American Artist: b.