Henry Darger
Henry Darger worked as a hospital custodian. Upon his death, his landlord discovered a manuscript among his belongings. Called “The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What Is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion,” it was a 145-page fantasy story with illustrations. It’s one of the most famous examples of ‘outsider art,’ art where the artist has no contact with mainstream art institutions.