DePaul unveils its masterpiece Chicago Sun-Times
Lincoln described Healy as the ?Annie Leibovitz of his day,? an in-demand portrait artist of the 19th century. Healy traveled more than 30 times to Europe to paint celebrities in his lifetime. Also featured is Henry Darger, who lived about two blocks from DePaul in Lincoln Park until his death in 1973. A janitor by day, Darger left more than 15,000 pages of illustrations and stories about an adventurous tribe of little girls. ?It was a whole universe for him,? Lincoln said. ?He had an incredible fantasy life.? His work, like the watercolor and collage piece on display, has become highly valued for art collectors, she said.
