John wayne gacy art

Clowns could be so scary.

"Goodbye Pogo" by John Wayne Gacy

In the period between 1972 and 1978, John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial murderer, killed at least 33 adolescents and men. With almost 2,000 paintings created during his lifetime, he was also a prolific artist. Clowns were frequently included in Gacy's artwork because of his alter ego "Pogo the Clown." Along with portraits and other subjects, he also painted landscapes. Bidsquare is a leading online auction platform that offers a wide variety of antique John Wayne Gacy art and paintings.

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Painting by John Wayne Gacy

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As a young woman in the '60s, Andy Austin talked her way into a job as a courtroom sketch artist in Chicago. She spent 43 years sketching everyone from disgraced governors to John Wayne Gacy, and says she only made someone look bad on purpose once. [caption id=

John Wayne Gacy painting