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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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Books & Publications (11)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesHenry Darger: In the Realms of the Unreal
2002MacGregor, John736 pages (color)The Henry Darger Collection of American Folk Art Museum
2001Anderson, Brooke Davis128 pages (color)Writers on Artists
2001Byatt, A.S. (foreward)352 pages (color)Henry Darger: Art and Selected Writings
2000Bonesteel, Michael256 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesContemporary American Folk Art A Collectors's Guide
1996Rosenak, Chuck and Jan320 pages (color)A World of Their Own: Twentieth Century American Folk Art (Newark Museum)
1995Jacobs, Joseph88 pages (color)American Self-Taught: Paintings and Drawings by Outsider Artists
1993Maresca, Frank, Roger Ricco298 pages (color)Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)