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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The story about the Dutch artist, Vincent Van Gogh, who is famous for his brightly colored paintings of sunflowers and wheatfields. Van Gogh worked hard at his art, but had little success during his lifetime. His only supporter was his younger brother, Theo. He loved and valued Vincent's paintings more than anyone else, and wrote to him regularly. The story imagines Van Gogh's relationship with his postman, Joseph Roulin, who delivered Theo's letters,...
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force-an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable, and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of creative genius Vincent van Gogh.Working with the full cooperation of...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Through words and paintings, an artist tells about growing up on a cotton plantation in Cuthbert, Georgia, serving time in prison for his actions during a civil rights demonstration, and finding a purpose and direction in life.
488) Leonardo da Vinci
Author
Pub. Date
1987.
Description
Explains some basic techniques of Da Vinci by analyzing several of his better-known paintings.
489) Lautrec
Author
Pub. Date
[1991], c1976
Description
Spine title: Toulouse-Lautrec. Contains photographic reproductions of the artist's work and presents critical commentary on the artist and his work.
490) Grandma Moses
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to the life and work of the twentieth-century American painter known as Grandma Moses.
491) Camille Pissarro
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century French painter, Camille Pissarro.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"A novel of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas's great romance from the New York Times bestselling author of My Name Is Mary Sutter The young Mary Cassatt never thought moving to Paris after the Civil War to be an artist was going to be easy, but when, after a decade of work, her submission to the Paris Salon is rejected, Mary's fierce determination wavers. Her father is begging her to return to Philadelphia to find a husband before it is too late, her...
495) Oooh! Picasso
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Introduce readers to the creations of a master artist and shows them that what you see depends on how you look.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Brush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title. Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous ways. After hearing President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, he was inspired to create paintings that described the principles for universal rights: four paintings that portray iconic images of the American experience. Over the course...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"As a brilliant art critic and historian, Laura Cumming has explored the importance of art in life and can give us a perspective on the time and place in which the artist worked. Now, through the lens of one dramatic event in 17th century Holland, Cumming illuminates one of the most celebrated periods in art history. In 1654, an enormous explosion at a gunpowder store devasted the city of Delft, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands more....
498) Diego Velázquez
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the life and career of the seventeenth-century Spanish artist famous for his portraits of royalty.
499) Finally you
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
No competition: Local architect Shayne Reynolds is an art collector, but when it comes to Carrie Lockett he's as interested in the artist as he is in her California landscapes and stunning portraits. The talented and reclusive Carrie, however, rejects his overtures, but she won't tell him why...even though he knows she returns his feelings.
All things considered: Single mom Lanni Matthiessen has worked hard to make a nice life for her daughter. She...