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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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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Spanish Missions, California
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Outsider Art
Exhibition of Museum
- •Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Outsider Art Fair, New York City