Teddy Schapiro

(1964-2013) Teddy Schapiro was a developmentally disabled artist with a personality disorder. Teddy was raised primarily by his mother in New York City who was a textile artist. She took him to a lot of plays and he loved watching old movies. He also had collections of vintage items including old movie promotional posters. The figures in his paintings look like movie stills all wearing clothing from the 30s and this era of movies. The figures are usually in isolation from each other much as Teddy lived socially isolated. Work all done circa 1990.