“I actually just find the paintings extraordinarily beautiful - I think they can live for me that simply.”

Brooke Davis Anderson on Henry Darger



Cover image - Henry Darger - Untitled (Overall Flowers - Recto) - detail - n.d.



Reading List


Henry J. Darger: In the Realms of the Unreal. John M. MacGregor. ISBN - 978-8886455060


Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy. Jim Elledge. ISBN - 978-1590208557


Darger's Resources. Michael Moon. ISBN - 978-0822351566


Darger: The Henry Darger Collection at the American Folk Art Museum. Brooke Davis Anderson. ISBN - 0-8109-1398-4


There are several other books on Henry Darger which can be found via a quick internet search.


Video List


In the Realms of the Unreal. Director - Jessica Yu. 2004


Other Links mentioned in the Episode


Outsider, The amazing story of Henry Darger - Podcast (Philippe Cohen Solal) - Podcast Link


Was Henry Darger Autistic? - Website Article (Cameron Straughan) - Article Link


Inspired by Henry Darger - Kyoko Nakamura - Website Link

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