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.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 1997
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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.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 2005
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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.
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 2005
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