Biography & Autobiography - Art
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
$19.99 Read moreA Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award
An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book
Winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children As a child in th- Series: Schneider Family Book Awards – Young Children’s Book Winner
- Author: Bryant, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0375867120
- Language: English
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Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!
$20.95 Read moreNAACP Image Awards Nominee – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem R
- Author: Loney, Andrea J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1620142600
- Language: English
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The Met Hokusai: He Saw the World in a Wave
$14.99 Add to cartSee the world through Hokusai’s eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.
Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the- Series: What the Artist Saw
- Author: Hodge, Susie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0744039789
- Language: English
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Who Was Andy Warhol?
$6.99 Add to cartBest known for his screen prints of soup cans and movie stars, this shy young boy from Pittsburgh shot to fame with his radical ideas of what “art” could be. Working in the aptly named “Factory,” Warh… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Anderson, Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 26 2014
- ISBN10: 0448482428
- Language: English
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Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity!
$19.95 Add to cartWritten by Sarah Suzuki, a curator at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and featuring reproductions of the renowned creator’s instantly recognizable artworks, the colorful Yayoi Kusama tells the sto… [more below]
- Author: Suzuki, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1633450392
- Language: English
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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)
$25.99 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
“I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side–the Communist side–of the Iron Curtain.” Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter- Author: Sís, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: August 21 2007
- ISBN10: 0374347018
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists)
$7.95 Add to cartMeet Artist Frida Kahlo
Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that bri… [more below]
- Series: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists (Paperback)
- Author: Venezia, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0531213218
- Language: English
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Pablo Picasso (Spanish Edition)
$8.99 Read moreThis beautiful Spanish-language book, translated from the hugely popular Little People, BIG DREAMS series, can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers and those learning the language, whether at home or… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams en Espa?ol #74
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0711284822
- Language: Spanish
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Pigskins to Paintbrushes: The Story of Football-Playing Artist Ernie Barnes
$19.99 Read moreFrom acclaimed author and illustrator Don Tate, the picture book Pigskins to Paintbrushes tells the rousing story of Ernie Barnes, an African American pro football player and fine artist.
He realized- Author: Tate, Don
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1419749439
- Language: English
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It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
$19.99 Add to cart* 4 Starred Reviews *
* An Indie Next List Pick *
“Playful, bold, and, much like its subject, full of grace.” –Jillian Tamaki, Caldecott Honor winner for This One Summer
“It Began with a Page tells Gy
- Author: Maclear, Kyo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0062447629
- Language: English
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The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
$18.99 Read moreThe People’s Painter is a lyrically told, exquisitely illustrated picture book biography of influential Jewish artist and activist Ben Shahn.
A 2022 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Winner
A- Author: Levinson, Cynthia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1419741306
- Language: English
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Who Was Georgia O’Keeffe?
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover how a little girl raised on a dairy farm grew up to become the first woman ever to have an exhibition of their entire life’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in this addition to the #1 New Yo… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 448483068
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo Y Sus Animalitos: (Spanish Edition)
$17.95 Read morePura Belpr? Illustrator Honor 2018
ALA Notable Children’s Book 2018
New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2017
Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017
Smithsonian Top Ten… [more below]- Author: Brown, Monica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0735842922
- Language: Spanish
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Claude Monet (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists)
$7.95 Add to cartMeet Artist Claude Monet
Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that br… [more below]
- Series: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists (Paperback)
- Author: Venezia, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0531225402
- Language: English
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The Met Vincent Van Gogh: He Saw the World in Vibrant Colors
$14.99 Add to cartSee the world through Vincent van Gogh’s eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.
Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or- Series: What the Artist Saw
- Author: Guglielmo, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0744033667
- Language: English
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Iris Apfel
$15.99 Read moreIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Iris Apfel, the vivacious (and accidental) fashion icon.
Growing up i- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #64
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 0711259003
- Language: English
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The Met Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Color
$14.99 Add to cartSee the world through Faith Ringgold’s eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.
Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or pa- Series: What the Artist Saw
- Author: Jackson, Sharna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0744039770
- Language: English
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Pablo Picasso (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists)
$7.95 Add to cartMeet Artist Pablo Picasso
Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that b… [more below]
- Series: Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists (Paperback)
- Author: Venezia, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0531225372
- Language: English
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The Snail
$18.99 Read moreAward-winning illustrator Emily Hughes offers a luminous picture book about the life of renowned Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi.
Isamu Noguchi is one of the most important sculptors of all ti- Author: Hughes, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: November 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 179720467X
- Language: English
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Henri’s Scissors
$19.99 Read moreStep into the colorful world of Henri Matisse and his magnificent paper cutouts in this biography by acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter.
In a small weaving town in France, a young boy name- Author: Winter, Jeanette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 1442464844
- Language: English
