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Lives of the artists : masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) / written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, [1995]; �1995.Edition: 1st edDescription: 96 p. : col. ill ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780152001032 (trade)
  • 9780329899271 (Follett bdg.)
  • 9780547519913
  • 0152001034
  • 0547519915
  • 0329899279
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709/.2/2 B 23
LOC classification:
  • N42 .K78 1995
Contents:
What causes tickling? : Leonardo da Vinci -- Candles on his head : Michelangelo Buonarroti -- The uninvited guest : Peter Bruegel -- She introduced laughter : Sofonisba Anguissola -- From riches to rags : Rembrandt van Rijn -- Old man mad about drawing : Katsushika Hokusai -- Riding a tall horse : Mary Cassatt -- Risking his life for art : Vincent van Gogh -- Mountain climber, mother, and model : K�athe Kollwitz -- King of the wild beasts : Henri Matisse -- At the bullfights : Pablo Picasso -- Clowning around : Marc Chagall -- The art of chess : Marcel Duchamp -- Skulls and flowers : Georgia O'Keefe -- Handstands on the beach : William H. Johnson -- How to shock the world every twenty-four hours : Salvador Dali -- A tiger on the stairway : Isamu Noguchi -- Frog-face and the walking flower : Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo -- Eating the entire birthday cake : Andy Warhol.
Summary: A collection of short biographical sketches of famous artists, emphasizing their unique personalities and the impressions they made on the people who knew them.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 96) and index.

What causes tickling? : Leonardo da Vinci -- Candles on his head : Michelangelo Buonarroti -- The uninvited guest : Peter Bruegel -- She introduced laughter : Sofonisba Anguissola -- From riches to rags : Rembrandt van Rijn -- Old man mad about drawing : Katsushika Hokusai -- Riding a tall horse : Mary Cassatt -- Risking his life for art : Vincent van Gogh -- Mountain climber, mother, and model : K�athe Kollwitz -- King of the wild beasts : Henri Matisse -- At the bullfights : Pablo Picasso -- Clowning around : Marc Chagall -- The art of chess : Marcel Duchamp -- Skulls and flowers : Georgia O'Keefe -- Handstands on the beach : William H. Johnson -- How to shock the world every twenty-four hours : Salvador Dali -- A tiger on the stairway : Isamu Noguchi -- Frog-face and the walking flower : Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo -- Eating the entire birthday cake : Andy Warhol.

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School Library Journal.

Book Links (A.L.A.).

A collection of short biographical sketches of famous artists, emphasizing their unique personalities and the impressions they made on the people who knew them.

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