That is his group of drawings of naked, prepubescent girls whose bodies ... of the birth of Henry Darger (1892-1973), the legendary, self-taught Chicago recluse whose work long ago earned a ...

Recluse janitor Henry Darger spent more ... the fantasy story of the Vivian Girls, seven Christian princesses who join a bloody rebellion against child enslavers. The work, which ultimately ...

The works of self-taught artist Henry Darger are the ... "The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What Is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child ...

Although he traced and painted and wrote in obscurity until the day he died, Henry Darger ... Vivian Girls, in What Is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm ...

Henry Darger ... the baby girl was given up for adoption. “I never knew or seen her, or knew her name,” writes Darger. But, critics say, she haunts every page of Darger’s work.

Henry Darger is doubtless the world's most celebrated lifelong menial laborer, having worked diligently not only as a janitor, but also in later life as a dishwasher and (finally) a winder of ...

Henry Darger was a hospital janitor from ... that follows ‘the Vivian girls’ – seven princesses who assist in a rebellion against child slavery. Darger created panoramic battle scenes using paper from ...

It took death for anyone to notice Henry ... girls - particularly the seven Vivian sisters, daughters of a general, who all are blonde and about 10 years old. Darger illustrated his works with ...

Much of his work is housed at the American Folk Art Museum in New York. The Art Institute of Chicago has some pieces. One Darger piece sold at auction for about $680,000. Henry Darger, artist and ...