A court hearing to determine the rightful heirs to the estate of reclusive Chicago artist Henry Darger, who died in 1973, has been delayed until May while the judge reviews documents brought by ...

Henry Darger, “At McCalls Run Coller Junction Vivian girl saves strangling children from phenomenon of frightful shape” (1910–1970), crayon, encre, aquarelle ...

A legal battle over the valuable estate of Outsider art star Henry Darger looks to be heating up in Chicago, and the stakes are high. In recent years, a group of about 50 distant family members, led ...

Kevin Miller showing us a page in one of the “Oz” books that was found in Henry Darger’s apartment after he died (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) Although he traced and painted and wrote in ...

Recluse janitor Henry Darger spent more than 40 years in a tiny one-room apartment in Lincoln Park, writing, painting, sketching, collecting and fantasizing. It wasn’t until after his death in 1973 ...

The breathtaking, disturbing, monumental artwork and writings of Henry Darger (1892-1973), a previously unknown and reclusive Chicago hospital janitor, were found shortly after he moved out of his ...

The field of outsider art continues to expand its parameters, encompassing not only the output of self-taught artists, visionary artists, folk artists, vernacular artists. This year’s edition returns ...

Darger's neighbors talk about his collection of newspapers and emphemera. In the second clip associated with the "In the Realms of the Unreal": The Artist and Society lesson plan, Henry Darger's ...

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Henry Darger, a recluse who left behind thousands of wild illustrations upon his death, is the subject of fascination in this one-man show. By Elisabeth Vincentelli This month offers St. Patrick’s Day ...