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Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen engaging works by the world s greatest artists are beautifully presented in an excellent introduction to art for young people. Offers biographical information about each artist and important facts about the painting's technical and historical aspects.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In Killing Commendatore, a thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the incredible talents of the paleoartist, whose work reanimates gone-but-never-forgotten dinosaurs in giant full-color paintings that are as strikingly beautiful as they aim to be scientifically accurate, down to the smallest detail. Follow a paleoartist through the scientific process of ascertaining the appearance of various dinosaurs from millions of years ago to learn how science, art, and imagination combine to bring us face-to-face...
12) The Shadows
Author
Series
Books of Elsewhere volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.
13) Finding Lucy
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Lucy is happy painting the color of laughter in her garden, but loses her way when she follows feedback from a series of animal critics. With wise encouragement from her cat, Lucy finds her authentic self in her work again and painting is rewarding once more."
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When painter Magritte, depicted as a well-dressed, floppy-eared dog, buys a playful--and mysterious--hat, his painting enjoys a burst of creativity. Inspired by the art of French surrealist painter Ren©♭ Magritte.
15) Claudia & Moth
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Claudia loves butterflies. Blue ones. Yellow ones. Purple ones with dots. And since she can't take them home, she paints them in all their beautiful colors. But when winter comes, there are no more butterflies to paint...until she finds a little moth. Suddenly, Claudia sees winter in a whole new light.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues, in a story inspired by the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s.
18) Art and Max
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.
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