In the realm of the senses

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Darger was an eccentric and a recluse and when he died a pauper in 1973, he left a lifetime of art work to his landlord. Today some of this work can sell for up to $65,000. Darger's lonely life, first as an orphan, and then as a recluse, is recounted and his many notebooks of art work described.

Behavior, Biography, Art, Chicago, Illinois, Painters, Painters (Artists), Recluses, Darger, Henry

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Restoring Hitler

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Joe Brunson, curator of the World War II Victory Museum in Auburn, Indiana, asked Barry Bauman if he would be willing to restore a portrait that was given to the museum by a collector on long-term loan. The portrait was of Adolf Hitler made by a Munich painter named Heinrich Knirr.

Indiana, Portrayals, World War II, 1939-1945, Military museums, Hitler, Adolf

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Was Ed Paschke the greatest Chicago artist ever?

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A local painter, Ed Paschke who had been the public face of visual art in Chicago for almost three decades was virtually ignored in New York. A range of experts were asked to assess the popular local painter, who died in November 2004.

New York, Illinois, Works, Painters, American, American painters, Paschke, Ed

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