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21) I am Frida Kahlo
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This picture book biography follows Frida Kahlo's start as an artist and how she integrated her unique way of looking at the world into her art"-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist's work and of the vibrant Surrealist art scene in the 1930s. In 1939, devastated after the revelation that her husband had had an affair with her sister, Frida Kahlo left her home in Mexico and headed for Paris to rebuild her life and rediscover her art. Now, for the first time, this missing part of Kahlo's story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes...
Author
Publisher
Ice Cube Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"Peter Wyman was the most famous portrait painter in America, but his fame had come with a high price -- his mind and soul. Nearing the end of his life he wants to erase himself, but how? He decides to go into hiding. But where? He's clueless until an aging blond cashier in St. Augustine points him in the right direction..."--From back cover.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Every Picture Hides a Story is the first book to expose the subliminal content in the world's greatest paintings. Titillating, subversive, and building on the groundbreaking work of pioneers of art criticism, this book will enable readers to view art masterpieces with greater understanding"--
27) Georgia O'Keeffe
Author
Publisher
Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"As a child, little Georgia viewed the world differently from other people. She roamed outdoors with her sketch book, while other girls played. As an adult, she painted all day. From New York City to New Mexico, she was influenced by the landscapes of her environment."-- provided by publisher.
28) The trackers
Author
Language
English
Description
While on assignment to create a mural for the Dawes, Wyoming Post Office, painter Val Welch finds himself entranced by his hosts, John and Eve Long, but when Eve flees with a valuable painting, John recruits Val to track her down.
"Hurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he's landed a New Deal assignment to create a mural...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2019-
Language
English
Description
"Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is one of the most influential figurative painters of the 20th century. His paintings are in every major museum and many private collections here and abroad. William Feaver's daily calls from 1973 until Freud died in 2011, as well as interviews with family and friends were crucial sources for this book"--
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Enduring a life of lonely desperation in spite of her beauty, pedigree, and Park Avenue penthouse, Vera is drawn to a secretive French artist who is painting a mural in her coveted building, a relationship that reminds her about a talented forger from her past who nearly cost her everything.
33) Georgia O'Keeffe
Author
Series
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the Mother of American Modernism, discover why in this first story book about Georgia O'Keeffe. From humble beginnings living on a prairie farm, to taking the New York art scene by storm, to living a solitary life in the New Mexican desert, find out how Georgia's extraordinary life unfolded and how each place changed the ways her paintings came out. See how her life shaped her much loved masterpieces and find out why...
36) The forest lover
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Author
Series
Imager portfolio volume 3
Publisher
Tor/Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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