- ARTISTS ON FILM
The true story of painter Margaret Keane's life in obscurity while her husband gleaned the notoriety for being the face of her work.
Tim Burton brings us this biographical drama about American artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) whose work was fraudulently claimed in the 1950s and 1960s by her then-husband, Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz).
Walter became a national celebrity and talk show fixture after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply in hardware stores and gas stations across the USA.
The ruse broke up their marriage, and when Margaret tried to make it known that she authored the paintings, they ended up in a court battle after Walter called her crazy.
Screening in conjunction with our ‘Women Artists in Film’ talk during Women’s History Month.
