George Charles Deem Jr. (August 18, 1932 – 11 August 2008) was an American artist best known for reproducing famous works with deliberate alterations.
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Deem was born in Vincennes, Indiana. He left his parents' farm to attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A year later, in 1953, the United States Army drafted him. After serving in Germany, he returned and completed his degree.
Among the artists whose work he reproduced were Caravaggio, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Winslow Homer, Andrea Mantegna, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and, especially, Johannes Vermeer, about whose style he wrote a book.[1]
Deem died of lung cancer in Manhattan.[1]