“In the 1960s, Walter Keane was feted for his sentimental portraits that sold by the million. But in fact, his wife Margaret was the artist, working in virtual slavery to maintain his success. She tells her story, now the subject of a Tim Burton biopic.” Read more here.
The Keane fraud was made public in 1970 when Margaret Keane claimed that she was the artist behind the “wide-eyed waifs” and brought a slander suit against her husband when he accused her of taking credit for his work because she thought he was dead. After painting for the jury and presenting them with examples of her work from her childhood, she was awarded $4 million for emotional distress and a damaged reputation. Margaret is now 87 years old.
Art Wolfe’s conservation photography career has spanned five decades. His goal has always been to win support for conservation issues by “focusing on what’s beautiful on the Earth.” Wolfe, who has authored an impressive number of published books, has a new one available now: “
The White House is planning a conference in 2015 on aging, the first one on this topic in ten years. A website has been set up 
“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 11/6/13:
