Art Education: Artists Biography

Series includes:

A magical day with Matisse - Juvenile PZ 8.3 .M55166 Mag 2002
A picnic with Monet - Juvenile ND 553 .M7 A4 2003
Dancing with Degas - Juvenile NC 248 .D38 A4 2003
In the garden with Van Gogh - Juvenile PZ 8.3 .M55166 Gr 2002
Painting with Picasso - Juvenile PZ 8.3 .M55166 Pai 2006
Quiet time with Cassatt - Juvenile PZ 8.3 .M55166 Qui 2006
Sharing with Renoir - Juvenile PZ 8.3 .M55166 Sh 2005
Sunday with Seurat - Juvenile N 6853 .S48 M47 2005

Series Portraits of women artists for children includes
Doretha Lang - JUV TR140 .L3 T87 1994
Faith Ringgold – JUV N6537 .R55 T87 1993
Frida Kahlo – JUV ND259 .K33 T87 1993
Georgia O'Keeffe – JUV ND237 .O5 T87 1991
Mary Cassatt – JUV ND237 .C3 T87 1992
Rosa Bonheur - JUV ND553 .B6 T87 1991

Developed especially for older middle-grade and young teen readers, these exciting biographies bring to life the world's great artists.
First Impressions Series also includes:
First Impressions: Andrew Wyeth – JUV ND237.W93 M44 1991
First Impressions: Carl Fabergé  - JUV NK 7398.F32 H23 1994
First Impressions: Claude Monet - JUV ND 553.M7 W24 1991
First Impressions: Edgar Degas - JUV N 6853.D33 M49 1994
First Impressions: Francisco Goya - JUV N 7113.G68 W35 1992
First Impressions: Frank Lloyd Wright - JUV NA 737.W7 R83 1994 
First Impressions: Henri Matisse - JUV N6853 .M33 K67 1998
First Impressions: Hieronymus Bosch - JUV ND 653.B65 S33 1997 
First Impressions: James McNeill Whistler -JUV N 6537.W4 B47 1993
First Impressions: JMW Turner - Coming soon
First Impressions: John James Audubon - JUV QL 31 .A9 K37 1992
First Impressions: Leonardo da Vinci - N 6923 .L33 M38 1989
First Impressions: Marc Chagall - JUV N 6999 .C46 G7 1989
First Impressions: Mary Cassatt - JUV N 6537 .C35 M49 1989  
First Impressions: Pablo Picasso - Coming soon
First Impressions: Paul Gauguin – JUV ND 553.G27 G75 1993
First Impressions: Peter Paul Rubens - JUV ND 673.R9 M38 1995
First Impressions: Pierre-Auguste Renoir – JUV ND 553.R45 R38 1998  
First Impressions: Rembrandt - JUV N 6953 .R4 S437 1992

The Life and Work of series includes:
Jackson Pollock - Juvenile ND237 .P73 B46 2005
Pablo Picasso - Juvenile N6853 .P5 B46 2005
Paul Cézanne - Juvenile ND553 .C33 58 2000
Paul Klee - Juvenile N 6888 .K55 C665 2000
Salvador Dali - Juvenile N7113 .D3 B46 2005

Other title in the Famous Children series include:
Leonardo da Vinci - Juvenile N 6923 .L33 H37 1994
Michelangelo - Juvenile N 6923 .B9 H44 1994
Picasso - Juvenile N 6853 .P5 H27 1994

Smart about Art Series Includes:
Claude Monet: sunshine and waterlilies - Juvenile ND 553 .M7 K445 2001
Edgar Degas: paintings that dance - Juvenile ND 553 .D3 C63 2001
Henri Matisse: drawing with scissors - Juvenile N 6853 .M33 O28 2002
Mary Cassatt: family pictures - Juvenile ND 237 .C3 O25 2003
Pablo Picasso: breaking all the rules - Juvenile N 6853 .P5 K45 2002
Vincent van Gogh: sunflowers and swirly stars - Juvenile ND 653 .G7 H577 2001

Other title in this series include
The magical garden of Claude Monet - Juvenile PZ 7 .A58635 Mag 2003  
Leonardo and the flying boy : a story about Leonardo da Vinci - Juvenile PZ 7 .A58635 Le 2000  
Picasso and the girl with a ponytail : a story about Pablo Picasso - Juvenile PZ 7 .A58635 Pi 1998  
Degas and the little dancer : a story about Edgar Degas - Juvenile PZ 7 .A58635 De 1996  
Camille and the sunflowers : a story about Vincent Van Gogh - Juvenile PZ 7 .A5863 Cam 1994

Getting to know the world's greatest artists series includes artists:
Andy Warhol   N 6537 .W28 V46 1996  
Botticelli   ND 623 .B7 V37 1993  
Camille Pissarro   ND 553 .P55 V46 2003  
Da Vinci   ND 623 .L5 V425 1989  
Diego Rivera   N 6559 .R58 V45 1994  
Diego Velázquez   ND 813 .V4 V46 2004  
Dorothea Lange   TR 140 .L3 V46 2000  
Edgar Degas   ND 553 .D3 V46 2000  
Edward Hopper   ND 237 .H75 V46 1990  
El Greco   ND 813 .T4 V45 1997  
Eugène Delacroix   ND 553 .D33 V475 2003  
Faith Ringgold   N 6537 .R55 V46 2008  
Francisco Goya   ND 813 .G7 V4 1993  
Frederic Remington   N 6537 .R4 V46 2002  
Frida Kahlo   ND 259 .K33 V46 1999  
Georges Seurat   N 6853 .S48 V46 2002  
Georgia O'Keeffe   ND 237 .O5 V46 1993  
Giotto   ND 623 .G6 V46 2000  
Grandma Moses   ND 237 .M78 V46 2003  
Grant Wood   N 6537 .W66 V46 1995  
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec   N 6853 .T6 V44 1995  
Henri Matisse   N 6853 .M33 V46 1997  
Henri Rousseau   ND 553 .R67 V465 2002  
Horace Pippin   ND 237 .P65 V46 2008  
Jackson Pollock   ND 237 .P73 V46 1994  
Jacob Lawrence   N 6537 .L384 V46 1999  
James McNeill Whistler   N 6537 .W4 V46 2003  
Johannes Vermeer   ND 653 .V5 V38 2002  
Marc Chagall   N 6999 .C46 V46 2000  
Mary Cassatt   ND 237 .C3 V46 1993  
Michelangelo   N 6923 .B9 V44 1991  
Monet   N 6847 .M58 V4 1993  
Norman Rockwell   ND 237 .R68 V46 2000  
Paul Cezanne   ND 553 .C33 V37 1998  
Paul Gauguin   ND 553 .G27 V46 1993  
Paul Klee   ND 588 .K5 V46 1991  
Picasso   ND 553 .P5 V35 1988  
Pierre Auguste Renoir   ND 553 .R45 V46 1996  
Pieter Bruegel   ND 673 .B73 V46 1992  
Raphael   ND 623 .R2 V37 2001 

This fascinating, interactive autobiography presents Chuck Close’s story, his art, and a discussion of the many processes he uses in the studio. The question-and-answer format is based on real kids’ inquiries about Close’s life and work, and his answers to them.

Pura Belpré Award for Illustration
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award

Developed especially for older middle-grade and young teen readers, these first impressions series of biographies bring to life the world's great artists.

Stimulating projects enable kids to grasp the ideas underlying Wright's work. Age: 9 - 12