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Kid artists : true tales of childhood from creative legends

Call Number

  • J 709.2 STAB (CEN)

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Publication Information

Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, [2016]

Physical Description

207 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Summary

Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world's most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you!

Contents

  • Leonardo da Vinci: the marvelous Medusa shield
  • Vincent van Gogh: the boy who loved bugs
  • Beatrix Potter: nature girl
  • Emily Carr: out of the woods
  • Georgia O'Keeffe: born a rebel
  • Louise Nevelson: coming to America
  • Dr. Seuss: and to think that he saw it on Mulberry Street
  • Jackson Pollack: boy on the move
  • Charles Schulz: the shy guy
  • Yoko Ono: reversal of fortune
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat: the anatomy lesson
  • Claude Monet: impress to success
  • Pablo Picasso: problem child makes good
  • Frida Kahlo: like father, like daughter
  • Jacob Lawrence: little kid, great migration
  • Andy Warhol: Mother knows best
  • Keith Haring: through a kid's eyes.

Added Authors

Doogie Horner

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