Search Results You are viewing: Subject Search for artists - biographySort By Age Sort By Author Sort By Availability Sort By Dewey Sort By Media, Author, Title Sort By Price Sort By Pub. Year Sort by Relevance,Author Sort by Relevance,Title Sort By Stoplight Sort By Title Sort by Language Display 10 items Display 15 items Display 20 items Display 25 items Display 30 items Display 35 items Display 40 items Display 45 items Display 50 items 1 each from this page1 each from all results 17 total titles found Page 1 of 1 View page of 1 1 Simply add a title by clicking the . * Your Discounted Price Art is life : the life of artist Keith Haring by Brown, Tami Lewis BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2020)Publication Date: 12/01/2020 BTSB #: 158032 Available Dewey: 740/BAges: 4-7 Genres: Subjects: Haring, Keith Artists - Biography Drawing Painters - Biography Art and popular culture Summary: A picture book biography of Keith Haring who believed that art should be enjoyed by everyone. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 22.38 * 0.00 +- Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap the world : the story of two groundbreaking environmental artists by Neri, Greg BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2023)Publication Date: 03/28/2023 BTSB #: 670799 Available Dewey: 709.2/CAges: 6-9 F&P: T Genres: Subjects: Christo,|d1935-2020 Jeanne-Claude,|d1935-2009 Artists - Biography Fabrics in art Immigrants - Biography Summary: Takes readers through the remarkable career of a daring duo and a fascinating discussion about the nature of art itself. Their lifelong partnership as husband and wife, and as artistic collaborators, helped people reimagine the world as they wrapped everyday objects of any size. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Covered in color : Christo & Jeanne-Claude's fabrics of freedom by Boxer, Elisa BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022)Publication Date: 08/16/2022 BTSB #: 140872 Available Dewey: 709.2/CAges: 4-8 F&P: S Genres: Subjects: Christo,|d1935-2020 Jeanne-Claude,|d1935-2009 Artists - Biography Fabrics in art Immigrants - Biography Summary: Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) are renowned for their large-scale, ambitious art installations that wrapped landmarks and swaths of land in fabric. This lively biography chronicles Christo's humble childhood in Soviet-controlled Bulgaria--under a regime that suppressed individuality and creativity--to his international fame as a bold (and controversial) innovator in the art world with the help of his wife, Jeanne-Claude. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Groundbreaking guys : 40 men who became great by doing good by Peters, Stephanie True BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2019)Publication Date: 05/28/2019 BTSB #: 921929 Available Dewey: 920.71/CAges: 8-12 Lexile: 1140 Genres: Subjects: Men - Biography Artists - Biography Celebrities - Biography Heroes - Biography Summary: A book of biographies highlighting the inspiring and innovative qualities of forty very different men throughout history. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 22.38 * 0.00 +- Hope is an arrow : the story of Lebanese American poet Kahlil Gibran by McCarthy, Cory BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)Publication Date: 06/14/2022 BTSB #: 618496 Available Dewey: 811/BAges: 6-9 F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Gibran, Kahlil,|d1883-1931 - Childhood and youth Lebanese Americans - Biography Immigrants - Biography Poets - Biography Artists - Biography Summary: Before Kahlil Gibran ever put his pen to the page to eventually become the world's third best-selling poet of all time, he was Gibran Khalil Gibran, a child immigrant from Lebanon who had a secret hope. His secret hope: to connect all people from around the world, bringing them together despite their differences and beliefs. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Lives of the artists : masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) by Krull, Kathleen Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2010)Publication Date: 07/01/1996 BTSB #: P01282 Available Dewey: 709/CAges: 10-13 Genres: Subjects: Artists - Biography Summary: Examines 20 brilliant artists and tells us why their neighbors had so much to whisper about. From DaVinci to Rembrandt, van Gogh to Matisse, and Picasso to Warhol, learn about both their artistic masterpieces and their personal messes. Fun and lighthearted, yet full of solid information, trivia, and provocative commentary, Lives of the Artists presents biographies of the world's great artists. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 37.99 * 0.00 +- Make meatballs sing : the life & art of Corita Kent by Burgess, Matthew BTSB Prebound(Enchanted Lion Books, 2021)Publication Date: 09/07/2021 BTSB #: 530541 Available Dewey: 769.92/BAges: 6-8 Genres: Subjects: Corita,|d1918-1986 Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Biography Nuns - United States - Biography Silk screen printing - United States - Biography Artists - Biography Pop art Summary: Deeply influenced by her religious beliefs and fired up by the social justice causes of her day, Corita Kent lived a remarkable life as a nun, educator, designer, artist, and activist. This story draws readers into the life of a singular woman whose work and commitment invite us all to seek joy in the everyday, to observe the world with open eyes, and to question and see beyond the existing framework of society. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.50 * 0.00 +- Marcel's masterpiece : how a toilet shaped the history of art by Mack, Jeff BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2022)Publication Date: 08/15/2022 BTSB #: 594378 Available Dewey: 709/BAges: 4-8 Lexile: 530 AD Genres: Subjects: Duchamp, Marcel,|d1887-1968 Artists - Biography Summary: Describes how artist Marcel Duchamp turned a toilet into a famous work of art. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Mornings with Monet by Rosenstock, Barb BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2021)Publication Date: 03/02/2021 BTSB #: 765104 Available Dewey: 759/BAges: 4-8 AR: 4 LG Lexile: 790 AD Genres: Subjects: Monet, Claude,|d1840-1926 Artists - Biography Impressionism (Art) - France Painting|y19th century Summary: Monet loved to paint what he saw around him, and soon art dealers and collectors were lining up each morning to see as Monet saw. Monet, however, waited only for the light. His brush moved back and forth, chasing sunlight-putting in the arduous work to create an image that seemed to contain no effort at all. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Download a Teacher's Guide Pedro and the monster eaters = Pedro y los devoradores de monstruos by Berber, Xequina Maria BTSB PreboundBILINGUAL(Pinata Books, 2024)Publication Date: 05/31/2024 BTSB #: 111756 Available Dewey: 700/BAges: 6-8 Genres: Subjects: Linares, Pedro Bilingual books - English - Spanish Artists - Biography Mythical animals in art Mexico - Biography Summary: Share the story of a boy named Pedro Linares who became an artist renowned for his creation of alebrijes, a type of folk art depicting fantastical creatures that has become part of Mexican popular culture. In English and Spanish. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.76 * 0.00 +- Portrait of an artist : Claude Monet [Portrait of an artist]by Brownridge, Lucy BTSB Prebound(Wide Eyed Editions, 2020)Publication Date: 03/03/2020 BTSB #: 163178 Available Dewey: 759/BAges: 7-10 Genres: Subjects: Monet, Claude,|d1840-1926 Painters - Biography Artists - Biography Impressionism (Art) - Biography Art - History|y19th century Summary: Claude Monet is one of the best loved artists of all time. Find out how this special young painter strove to capture light and feeling in his paintings and how together with a group of talented friends, he came to start the most famous art movement of all time--Impressionism. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 22.38 * 0.00 +- Rock by rock : the fantastical garden of Nek Chand by Bradbury, Jennifer BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021)Publication Date: 02/23/2021 BTSB #: 142954 Available Dewey: 712/BAges: 4-8 AR: 4.8 LG Lexile: 870 AD Genres: Subjects: Chand, Nek Sculpture - India - Chandigarh (Union Territory) Rock gardens - India - Chandigarh (Union Territory) Artists - Biography Summary: The true story of artist Nek Chand and how his secret--and illegal--art project became one of India's most treasured wonders. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.08 * 0.00 +- Santiago saw things differently : Santiago Ramon y Cajal, artist, doctor, father of neuroscience by Iverson, Christine BTSB Prebound(MIT Kids Press, 2023)Publication Date: 11/14/2023 BTSB #: 481479 Available Dewey: 612.75/BAges: 5-9 F&P: V Genres: Subjects: Ramon y Cajal, Santiago,|d1852-1934 Artists - Biography Neuroscientists - Biography Summary: Santiago Ramon y Cajal's father, the village doctor, wants Santiago to be a doctor. He discourages his willful son's love and aptitude for art. But drawing and painting are as necessary to Santiago as breathing, so when his father confiscates his art supplies, the boy finds a way to draw in secret. He draws on doors, gates, and walls, and to the neighbors, his drawings are a nuisance. Art helps him discover what no one else could--branching connections within the nervous system. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 23.78 * 0.00 +- Signs of hope : the revolutionary art of Sister Corita Kent by Rockliff, Mara BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024)Publication Date: 04/16/2024 BTSB #: 761228 Available Dewey: 764/BAges: 4-8 F&P: O Genres: Subjects: Corita,|d1918-1986 Artists - Biography Nuns - Biography Summary: A picture book biography of groundbreaking artist, teacher, and Catholic nun Corita Kent. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 24.48 * 0.00 +- Splat! : the most exciting artists of all time by Richards, Mary Agnes Paperback(Thames & Hudson, 2023)Publication Date: 08/15/2023 BTSB #: 751258 Available Dewey: 709.2/BAges: 8-12 Genres: Subjects: Art - History Art movements Artists - Biography Art appreciation Summary: The stories behind some of the greatest artworks of all time, including the real-life struggles and triumphs of the artists who created them. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 12.26 * 0.00 +- Who was her own work of art? : Frida Kahlo [Who HQ Graphic Novels]by Blas, Terry Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2024)Publication Date: 02/20/2024 BTSB #: 124608 Available Dewey: 759/BAges: 8-12 Lexile: 750 GN F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Kahlo, Frida Artists - Biography Summary: Discover how Frida Kahlo became one of the most recognizable artists in the world in this powerful graphic novel. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 6.55 * 0.00 +- Who was her own work of art? : Frida Kahlo [Who HQ Graphic Novels]by Blas, Terry BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2024)Publication Date: 02/06/2024 BTSB #: 124613 Available Dewey: 759/BAges: 8-12 Lexile: 750 GN F&P: W Genres: Subjects: Kahlo, Frida Artists - Biography Summary: Discover how Frida Kahlo became one of the most recognizable artists in the world in this powerful graphic novel. Priority: 12 Item No: Comment: $ 16.39 * 0.00 +- * Your Discounted Price You can't see me! 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