Margaret Keane
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Margaret Keane is an American artist best known for her distinctive paintings of figures with oversized, melancholy eyes, which became the subject of a famous art fraud scandal and the film "Big Eyes."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Keane canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6126657 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Keane Context triple: [Big Eyes, mainSubject, Margaret Keane]
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A.
Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Nancy Reddin Kienholz is an American mixed-media and installation artist known for her collaborative, politically charged assemblage works with her husband, Ed Kienholz.
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B.
Nancy Hoffman
Nancy Hoffman is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Hoffman.
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C.
Susan Macdowell Eakins
Susan Macdowell Eakins was an American painter and photographer associated with the realist tradition, known both for her own work and for preserving and promoting the legacy of her husband, artist Thomas Eakins.
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D.
Grace Hartigan
Grace Hartigan was an influential American Abstract Expressionist painter known for her bold, gestural style and for bridging abstraction with figurative imagery in the mid-20th century art scene.
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E.
Nancy Schön
Nancy Schön is an American sculptor best known for her beloved public bronze sculptures, including the iconic "Make Way for Ducklings" installation in Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Keane Target entity description: Margaret Keane is an American artist best known for her distinctive paintings of figures with oversized, melancholy eyes, which became the subject of a famous art fraud scandal and the film "Big Eyes."
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A.
Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Nancy Reddin Kienholz is an American mixed-media and installation artist known for her collaborative, politically charged assemblage works with her husband, Ed Kienholz.
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B.
Nancy Hoffman
Nancy Hoffman is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Hoffman.
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C.
Susan Macdowell Eakins
Susan Macdowell Eakins was an American painter and photographer associated with the realist tradition, known both for her own work and for preserving and promoting the legacy of her husband, artist Thomas Eakins.
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D.
Grace Hartigan
Grace Hartigan was an influential American Abstract Expressionist painter known for her bold, gestural style and for bridging abstraction with figurative imagery in the mid-20th century art scene.
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E.
Nancy Schön
Nancy Schön is an American sculptor best known for her beloved public bronze sculptures, including the iconic "Make Way for Ducklings" installation in Boston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| causeOfFame |
mass-market popularity of Big Eyes paintings in the 1950s and 1960s
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public revelation that her husband falsely claimed authorship of her work ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-09-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-06-26 ⓘ |
| familyName | Keane ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
figurative painting
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portrait painting ⓘ |
| genre | pop surrealism ⓘ |
| givenName | Margaret ⓘ |
| hasChild | Jane Swigert ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://keane-eyes.com/ ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary pop surrealist artists ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | film Big Eyes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalCase | court case establishing she was the true creator of the Big Eyes paintings ⓘ |
| movement |
lowbrow art
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pop art ⓘ |
| name | Margaret Keane ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | paintings featuring large, melancholy eyes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
art fraud scandal involving her husband Walter Keane
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paintings of figures with oversized eyes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Eyes paintings
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linked to:
Big Eyes
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| occupation |
artist
ⓘ
painter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nashville, Tennessee, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Napa, California, United States
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linked to:
Napa
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| portrayedBy | Amy Adams ⓘ |
| religion |
Jehovah's Witnesses
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linked to:
JehovahsWitnesses
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| residence |
Hawaii
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San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| signature | Keane ⓘ |
| spouse |
Dan McGuire
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Walter Keane ⓘ |
| style |
kitschy popular art
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sentimental figurative art ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film Big Eyes ⓘ |
| workFeaturedIn | Keane Eyes Gallery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Margaret Keane Description of subject: Margaret Keane is an American artist best known for her distinctive paintings of figures with oversized, melancholy eyes, which became the subject of a famous art fraud scandal and the film "Big Eyes."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.