Wikipedia article of the day for April 12, 2026
The Wikipedia article of the day for April 12, 2026 is Henry Darger . Henry Darger (April 12, 1892 – April 13, 1973) was an American who became known after his death for his immense body of art and literature. Born in Chicago, Darger's mother died when he was young, and he was placed in a boys' home after his father's health declined. He was taken to a children's asylum in 1904, escaping six years later. Darger lived in poverty, doing menial work at various hospitals. When he was moved to a nursing home in 1972, his landlords Kiyoko and Nathan Lerner discovered his artwork and writing, popularizing it themselves. His work included a 15,145-page novel entitled In The Realms of the Unreal, centered on a rebellion of child slaves on a fantastical planet, and hundreds of watercolor and collage illustrations, using traced material from popular media. Often classified as an outsider artist for his secrecy, his work contains Catholic themes, graphic depictions of war and the...
