He, his wife Cora and 9 children lived in abject poverty. Struggling to promote and sell his work, Blakelock desperately offered a painting to a collector for $1000 the day his 9th daughter was born. The collector offered a counter offer of $500. The shrewd customer bought the painting for $300. Frustrated and angry, he tore the cash to shreds. He was later pronounced insane and institutionalized in a New York State asylum. In his early seventies, after 20 wasted years, he regained sanity and died a month later.
He, his wife Cora and 9 children lived in abject poverty. Struggling to promote and sell his work, Blakelock desperately offered a painting to a collector for $1000 the day his 9th daughter was born. The collector offered a counter offer of $500. The shrewd customer bought the painting for $300. Frustrated and angry, he tore the cash to shreds. He was later pronounced insane and institutionalized in a New York State asylum. In his early seventies, after 20 wasted years, he regained sanity and died a month later.
Bio by: Malcolm Nicoll
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