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Darger, Henri --- Arts --- Darger, Henry, --- Museum of American Folk Art --- Painting --- easel paintings [paintings by form] --- art collections --- American Folk Art Museum [New York, N.Y.] --- Darger, Henry

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"Self-taught and working in isolation until his death in 1973, Henry Darger realized an elaborate fantasy world of remarkable beauty and strangeness through hundreds of paintings and an epic written narrative...In the volume's introductory essay, Klaus Biesenbach examines the radical originality of Darger's art, including his use of collage, incorporation of religious themes and iconography, and frequent juxtaposition of innocence with violence. An essay by Brooke Davis Anderson illuminates Darger's source materials and techniques, while another by Michael Bonesteel puts Darger's life in the context of his work. The book also includes Darger's autobiography, A History of My Life, introduced by Carl Watson...Henry Darger offers an authoritative, balanced, and insightful look at an American master"--Publisher's description.

Outsider art --- Artists --- Outsider artists --- Darger, Henry, --- Themes, motives. --- Illustration