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Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"A celebration of a beloved folk artist, and her artistic expression of joy and beauty. Known for her vibrant and cheerful paintings of landscapes, plants, and animals, Maud Lewis' iconic folk art is celebrated around the world. Despite her beautiful art, she spent much of her life living in poverty with rheumatoid arthritis. In this stunning picture book, author Kathy Stinson and illustrator Lauren Soloy bring Maud's world to life: how she captured...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Known for both his paintings and stained-glass windows, Marc Chagall rose from humble beginnings to become one of the world's most renowned artists. Admired for his use of color and the powerful emotion in his work, Chagall led a career that spanned decades and continents, and he never stopped growing. This lyrical narrative shows readers, through many different windows, the pre-WWI childhood and wartime experiences that shaped Chagall's path."--Publisher's...
204) Maxfield Parrish
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was one of the greatest American painters and illustrators of the 20th century. Brilliant blue skies, pastoral landscapes and captivating figures are his art's signature characteristic. The scope of his work was enormous, including covers for magazines, theater sets, paintings, photographs, as well as murals and graphic work ranging from posters to calendars.
205) Great women painters
Pub. Date
2022
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347 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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"A sumptuous survey of over 300 women painters and their work spanning almost five centuries. Great Women Painters is a groundbreaking book that reveals a richer and more varied telling of the story of painting. Featuring more than 300 artists from around the world, it includes both well-known women painters from history and today's most exciting rising stars. Covering nearly 500 years of skill and innovation, this survey continues Phaidon's celebrated...
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Pub. Date
2023
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143 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"Reluctant muse and feminist champion... society heiress and rebel refugee... the last of the Surrealists: Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Renouncing her privileged upbringing in pre-war England for the more exciting elite of Paris's 1930s avant-garde, she comes to rub shoulders (and more) with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, and Salvador Dal̕, after embarking on a complicated love affair with Max Ernst....
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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158 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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"This graphic novel brilliantly and artfully depicts the story of Frida Kahlo, one of the 20th century's most enigmatic artists. Blending facts and history with dreamlike and surreal sequences, Vanna Vinci creates an intimate portrayal of an artist who incorporated her life experiences into her art. Kahlo's burning love and crushing loss, her incredible joy and deep despair are all captured in boldly colored, minutely detailed illustrations--an evocative,...
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"In 1850s London, the Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and, among the crowd watching the dazzling spectacle, two people meet by happenstance. For Iris, an arrestingly attractive aspiring artist, it is a brief and forgettable moment but for Silas, a curiosity collector enchanted by all things strange and beautiful, the meeting marks a new beginning. When Iris is asked to model for Pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition...
209) Yellow jack
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Pub. Date
©1999
Physical Desc
250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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A novel on the 1840s yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. The hero is a Frenchman who makes a living taking memorial pictures of the dead by means of the newly discovered art of photography. Two women vie for his affection, one has money, the other, an octoroon, uses voodoo. A first novel.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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"When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. It belongs to Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law. Johanna inherited Vincent van Gogh's paintings. They were all she had, and they weren't worth anything. She was a 28 year old widow with a baby in the 1800s, without any means...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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ix, 277 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm
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Paris was the epicenter of art during the latter half of the nineteenth century, luring artists from around the world with its academies, museums, salons, and galleries. Despite the city's cosmopolitanism and its cultural stature, Parisian society remained strikingly conservative, particularly with respect to gender. Nonetheless, many women painters chose to work and study in Paris at this time, overcoming immense obstacles to access the city's resources....
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Senate document volume 103-27
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
xiii, 254 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
33 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
This charming book introduces one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century, Diego Rivera, to young readers. It tells the story of Diego as a young, mischievous boy who demonstrated a clear passion for art and then went on to become one of the most famous painters in the world. Duncan Tonatiuh also prompts readers to think about what Diego would paint today. Just as Diego's murals depicted great historical events in Mexican culture or celebrated...
214) Hilma
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Exploring Hilma af Klint's enigmatic life, now recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists. She defied convention to live a free life as an artist in a time when women could not even vote.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
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Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes -- a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generation with this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book.
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Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
29 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Description
En este libro ilustrado para niños con el arte de Diego Rivera, la hija de Rivera y Guadalupe Marín nos cuenta algo de su niñez y del arte de su padre.
In this book for children, which is illustrated with paintings by Diego Rivera, the daughter of Rivera and Guadalupe Marín tells us about her childhood and about her father's art.
219) An American in Paris
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American expatriate painter living in Paris falls in love with an engaged French woman.
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