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1892 Chicago, Illinois - 1973 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Naive mixed-media, outsider artist.
Known as a proto-typical Outsider Artist, Henry Darger did works on paper of fantasy subjects in naive style to create a wide range of images evoking childhood on an extremely simplistic level. His... Read full biography
Known as a proto-typical Outsider Artist, Henry Darger did works on paper of fantasy subjects in naive style to create a wide range of images evoking childhood on an extremely simplistic level. His first retrospective was held in 1998 and was organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New... Read full biography
Known as a proto-typical Outsider Artist, Henry Darger did works on paper of fantasy subjects in naive style to create a wide range of images evoking childhood on an extremely simplistic level. His first retrospective was held in 1998 and was organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. He was born in Chicago to a father of German ancestry who worked as a tailor, and a mother, originally from Wisconsin, who died of infection at the age of thirty-five with another child when Henry... Read full biography
Known as a proto-typical Outsider Artist, Henry Darger did works on paper of fantasy subjects in naive style to create a wide range of images evoking childhood on an extremely simplistic level. His first retrospective was held in 1998 and was organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. He was born in Chicago to a father of German ancestry who worked as a tailor, and a mother, originally from Wisconsin, who died of infection at the age of thirty-five with another child when Henry was four years old. He lived with his father for awhile and then at age eight, was sent to a Catholic boys home while attending public school. His behavior was odd; he grew to only five-feet three inches; and he made such disruptive noises that his... Read full biography
Known as a proto-typical Outsider Artist, Henry Darger did works on paper of fantasy subjects in naive style to create a wide range of images evoking childhood on an extremely simplistic level. His first retrospective was held in 1998 and was organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. He was born in Chicago to a father of German ancestry who worked as a tailor, and a mother, originally from Wisconsin, who died of infection at the age of thirty-five with another child when Henry was four years old. He lived with his father for awhile and then at age eight, was sent to a Catholic boys home while attending public school. His behavior was odd; he grew to only five-feet three inches; and he made such disruptive noises that his peers named him "Crazy," something that stayed with him throughout his life. His "oeuvre" was only discovered in 1973... Read full biography
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![148 At Jennie Richee During fury of storm are unsuccessfully attached [sic] by Glandelinians / 149 At Jennie Richee narrowly escape capture but Blengins come to rescue, double sided](/photos2/2019/CNY20190118_115546/1006_1.jpg?w=3840&q=100)
Art images copyright© of artist or assignee148 At Jennie Richee During fury of storm are unsuccessfully attached [sic] by Glandelinians / 149 At Jennie Richee narrowly escape capture but Blengins come to rescue, double sided
Henry Darger Auction: 01/18/2019Lot: 1006Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assignee93 At Jennie Richee, are chaced for long distance by Glandelinians with blood hounds. / 95 At Jennie Richee, Escape down Aronburgs Run River through circle section in storm., double sided
Henry Darger Auction: 01/19/2018Lot: 8Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeRECTO: 31 AT JENNIE RICHEE HARD PRESSED DURING STORM PERSUEING ENEMY THEY BECOME LOST IN CAVERN OF VOLCANIC MT SOOTREEMIA. CAVERN AT SECTIONS STRANGELY LIGHTED BY MYSTERIOUS SOURCE. SOLDIERS IN DISTANCE CLOSING IN ON LITTLE GIRLS. VERSO: AT JENNIE TURMER.
Henry Darger Auction: 11/15/2019Lot: 161Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeWatch where you are going kid you’ll run smack into those phanto flowers (double sided)
Henry Darger Auction: 09/24/2015Lot: 104Subscribe or get free alerts
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