June 15, 2014 | strande
Into art? Here are some of our newest true stories of famousartists from around the world. Looking for more? Find other artists in our JBIO section by looking under their last name.
The scraps book: notes from a colorful life by Lois Ehlert
Leaving China: an artist paints his World War II childhood by James McMullan
The noisy paint box: the colors and sounds of Kandinsky's abstract art by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Mary GrandPre
Mo Willems by Abby Colich
Francisco Goya by Alix Wood
Randolph Caldecott: the man who could not stop drawing by Leonard S. Marcus
The mad potter: George E. Ohr, eccentric genius by Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan
Henri's scissors by Jeanette Winter
Diego Rivera: an artist for the people by Susan Goldman Rubin
Etched in clay: the life of Dave, enslaved potter and poet by Andrea Cheng ; woodcuts by the author
A splash of red: the life and art of Horace Pippin by written by Jen Bryant ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Picasso: I the king = yo el rey by Carmen T. Bernier- Grand ; illustrated by David Diaz
Picasso's trousers by Nicholas Allan
Imogen: the mother of modernism and three boys by Amy Novesky ; illustrated by Lisa Congdon