Peter anton outsider artist biography wikipedia

Almost There follows elderly outsider artist Peter Anton.

You can edit almost every page by Creating an account. Otherwise, see the FAQ. Search Peter Anton outsider artist on Amazon. Peter Anton born is a disabled, handicapped, outsider artist who currently lives in a apartment. Born to his mother in Chicago in , Peter moved in his parent's blue house with a garage on the left side in at the age of 8.

When he was 11, he felt the impact of a football thrown at the back of his head, damaging the nerves of his left side, and injuring his left arm in the process. His left arm case him other problems, like when he would bend down to sit in his chair, and his arm would flinch, hitting the person on his left. Since then, he has been creating art.

In , he was going to be a illustrator in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts , and his parents were proud of it. He was at there 3 to 4 months, drawing nude women, but as soon as he told his mother that, she didn't want him to go there anymore, leaving Anton finding what to do in life. For 17 years, he did a talent show, mostly filled with little girls, but some boys.

It was featured in the Chicago Tribune. They did talents like roller skates, dancing, music, and ballet. He later taught Jim Chris, how to act in his basement. In , when he was a youth center operator at the age of 49, he was held at raid when he took pictures of girls in the nude, and forced them to dance.