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 ...

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

The works of self-taught artist Henry Darger are the definition of that slightly condescending critical category known as the "interesting." You look at his phantasmagoric paintings, of naked little ...

"Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger," Apr. 15-Sept. 21, 2008, at the American Folk Art Museum, 45 West 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 What’s so fascinating about Henry Darger? More ...

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 ...

Like any work of nonfiction, a biography relies on an interactive trust between author and audience. The audience grants it because the author earns it. And so it is not heartening to learn, early on ...

If you missed the film about reclusive artist Henry Darger last month at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, this week brings another chance for immersion in his weird fantasy world. Seattle's highly ...

There are many ways in which great artists get discovered, but this story is one of the unconventional ones. Henry Darger, a janitor who was a loner, lived out the last years of his life in a nursing ...

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