Crying Boy (?) – Bruno Amadio

Bruno Amadio, popularly known as Bragolin, and also known as Franchot Seville, Giovanni Bragolin, and J. Bragolin, is the supposed creator of a group of paintings known as Crying Boys. The paintings, which feature a variety of tearful children looking morosely straight ahead, [are the prime example of 1900s kitsch.]

There does not seem to be a coherent biography of Bragolin, although tradition makes him Sevillian. —http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno Amadio [Sept 2006]

Link: A whole gallery and bibliography: http://www.quasimondo.com/bragolincryingboy.php

See also: Kitsch and compare the work of contemporary artist Jill Greenberg.