Margaret Doris Hawkins is on Sept. 6, 1927, in Nashville, the eldest of two children of David Hawkins, an insurance agent, and Jessie (McBurnett) Hawkins. Margaret and her brother, David, attended public schools.
In a 1975 article for the Jehovah’s Witness publication Awake, she described herself as “a sick child, often alone and very shy”, who developed an early passion for drawing. Her family attended a Methodist church, where she was known for her sketches of angels with large eyes.
At 10, Margaret was enrolled in art classes at the Watkins Institute (later known as the Watkins College of Art, Design and Film). Her first oil painting depicted two little girls, one crying and one laughing. At 18, she attended the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City, an art and design school.
In 1948 she married Frank Ulbrich. They had a daughter, Jane. That marriage ended in divorce, as did her marriage to Mr. Keane in 1955. Her marriage in 1966 to Mr. McGuire ended his death in 1983. In addition to her daughter, Ms. Keane is survived by five stepchildren from her marriage to Mr. McGuire, Danny, Maureen, Brian and Colleen McGuire and Mary Ann Russo; and eight stepchildren.
Ms Keane returned to California in 1992. She founded her gallery in San Francisco, bought a house north of the city, and continued to paint and sell her work for over 25 years. In recent years, she has lived with her daughter in the Napa area. After the appearance of mr. Burton’s movie and book, “Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes” (2014), by Adam Parfrey and Cletus Nelson, featured me. Keane’s work enjoys a revival of public interest.