John Graham

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Apparently, the painter John Graham was highly eccentric, both in his personal life and in his art. One fascination he had was with crossed eyes, as seen above.

His self-portrait below shows a certain, ah, uniqueness.

Read more about him in this LIFE magazine article and at this site.

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 05, 2012
Category: Art | Surrealism | Eccentrics | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | Russia

Comments

Hey, at least he didn't do little kids / animals with big, over-sized, sappy brown eyes like those annoying paintings that hung on every wall in the mid '70's. I wanted to tear them off the wall every time I saw one.

Posted by KDP on 04/05/12 at 03:34 PM

Ugly and juvenile looking to me.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/05/12 at 07:50 PM

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