Are early Keith Haring drawings still visible in his hometown of Kutztown?
Keith Haring gained fame in the subways of New York City sketching pop art on advertisements and making simple, yet instantly recognizable, drawings. A few short years after Haring took his public art to the underbelly of New York, he took the art world by storm. He drew on the Berlin Wall, created murals throughout New York and developed a famed painting of the Statue of Liberty. His images of dancing human figures, howling dogs and the “radiant baby” are icons of the 1980s. Haring was only 31 when he died in 1990 of complications of AIDS. Still, he is arguably the most famous person to come out of Kutztown and one of the most acclaimed artists of the Reagan years. But before Haring reached the height of his popularity, he came to Kutztown for Thanksgiving in 1982. He returned to his parents’ home near the historical 1892 Public School, a Victorian building that now houses the Kutztown Area Historical Society. During a visit to the school, which the society was converting into its off
