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Mason ‏ @webdevMason 12 Jun 2018

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1970: Ex-wife Margaret Keane, goaded by a radio host, reveals that Walter's been selling her work as his own for more than a decade. She repeats this to a reporter, who arranges a paint-off for the two. Walter never shows. Remarkably, not much comes of ithttps://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/12/25/Margaret-Keane-says-she-told-Big-Eyes-truth-on-spur-of-the-moment/9581419269643/ …

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1984: Walter makes a critical mistake — he tells a USA Today writer that Margaret is claiming credit for his work because she believes him to be dead, implying that she's after his legacy.pic.twitter.com/OoOrGs8Wki

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1986: Margaret, apparently not satisfied to be publicly gaslit forever, takes Walter *and* USA Today to court. The judge brilliantly requests that both artists paint. Walter doesn't even make an attempt, claiming his shoulder is injured. His canvas remains blank.

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Margaret, on the other hand, produces an archetypal Keane in 53 minutes. She titles it "Exhibit 224."pic.twitter.com/VW6KAoKeAZ

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Walter Keane is cooked at this point. Nobody has actually seen him paint, though for years they *believed they had.* Look at all these photos of Walter Keane painting!pic.twitter.com/SI8WOztnkb

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IMO there are solid lessons here about great con men. One is that they'll produce a lot of stuff-that-looks-like-evidence; it doesn't require the skills they're claiming but looks like it confirms them. Like the photos — there's a "big eye" painting & Walter with brush to canvas.

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Another: Margaret tried to teach Walter to paint, but apparently he developed no skill whatsoever. I think it's fair to say that with the time he had (10+ years!), nearly anyone could reproduce a *plausible* Keane (the critics are right — they're formulaic).pic.twitter.com/HyqdpgZXG4

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It's crazy to me that anyone in this deep wouldn't make more of an effort to learn to *do* the thing they're famous for, but there you have it. Walter Keane couldn't paint any more than Uri Geller could bend spoons with his mind, but rarely did anyone *actually* ask that of them.

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Aside: my favorite fraudster of all time is Ferdinand Waldo Demara, who at one point *claimed to be a surgeon* and actually performed a number of major surgeries — successfully(!!!) — after a rushed consultation with a textbook. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara …pic.twitter.com/haphdoWgJd

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I didn't know about this story at all until a few months ago when I discovered that Danny Elfman made a movie of it. Which is on Netflix, by the way.

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Yeah, it's good! And mostly accurate; here's a thorough (but not particularly well sourced) rundown of the factual points, for those who've seen the movie:http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/big-eyes/ …

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