See how iconic artists like Louise Bourgeois were influenced by their environments in this beautiful series produced in collaboration with The Met. See the world through Louise Bourgeois’s eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series of books to keep and collect, created in full collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum o...
No punches are pulled in this fascinating biography that covers the life and work of the prolific artist George Bellows. Having spent most of his adult life in New York City, Bellows left behind an extraordinary body of work that captures life in this dynamic city: bustling street scenes, ringside views of boxing matches, and boys diving and swimming in the East River. Art reproductions and photographs from his youth round out the book.
This is the story of a small African American boy who followed his dream and became one of America's most important painters, recognized and praised in both America and Europe. When he was just thirteen years old, Henry ran across a man painting in a Philadelphia park. Inspired to paint himself, Henry was given enough money to buy some brushes and pigments by his mother--and so his adventure began. Henry Ossawa Tanner was no ordinary young man. He was born in 1859, just two years before the Civ...
Biography of legendary artist Cindy Sherman.
Pablo Picasso (World's Greatest Artists) (World's Greatest Artists (Child's World))
by Darice Bailer
Wassily Kandinsky (Life and Work Of...(Pb)) (Life and Work of . . .)
by Paul Flux
Presents a brief overview of the life and work of this Russian artist, describing and giving examples of his work.
Changemakers in the Arts and Literature (The Future Is Female (Alternator Books (R)))
by Crown Shepherd
-- Focuses on the lives and accomplishments of prominent Hispanic men and women -- Underscores the important influence Hispanics have had on world culture -- Each in-depth biography is lavishly illustrated with photographs
Outsider artist, sophisticated naif, and witch are all labels that have described Mary Nohl (1914-2001), creator of a magical and mysterious site on the shore of Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here she constructed huge concrete heads, stone-encrusted creatures, and imposing driftwood figures to fill the yard surrounding a modest cottage where she spent most of her life. Carved heads hang from the eaves, wind chimes tinkle in the trees, and pebbles at her doorstep spell 'Boo'. The cotta...
A Picture for Marc (Stepping Stones: A Chapter Book: History) (Stepping Stone Chapter Books)
by Eric A Kimmel
Frida Kahlo (Artists in Their Time (Hardcover)) (Artistas en su Mundo)
by Jill A. Laidlaw
Action Jackson (Live Oak Readalongs)
by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
On a late spring morning the American artist Jackson Pollock began work on the canvas that would ultimately come to be known as Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist). This is a unique picture book about a great painter and the way in which he worked, perfectly complemented by vibrant watercolour illustrations.
Paul Gauguin (Life and Work Of...(Pb)) (Life and Work of . . .)
by Paul Flux
Presents a brief overview of the life and work of this French artist, describing and giving examples of his work.
A 2021 Rainbow Book List selection A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids of 2020 A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2020 A Kirkus Best Picture-Book Biography of 2020 A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Pick of 2020 A 2021 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children 2020 Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Gold Award A 2022 Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List selection I would love to be a teacher because I love children and I think that not enough people respect chi...
Andy Warhol (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists S.)
by Mike Venezia
Young readers will obtain a light-hearted yet realistic overview of the celebrated artist''s life and work, enhanced by Venezia''s illustrations and story line.'
James Van Der Zee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his first camera. He took photos of his family, classmates, and anyone who would sit still for a portrait. By the fifth grade, James was the school photographer and unofficial town photographer. Eventually he outgrew his small town and moved to the exciting, fast-paced world of New York City. After being told by his boss that no one would want his or her photo taken by a black man, James opened his own portrait studio in Ha...
Tigers & Tea with Toppy
by Barbara Kerley, Rhoda Knight Kalt, and Matte Stephens