We Are Artists: Women Who Made Their Mark on the World
by Kari Herbert (Author)
A richly illustrated book, We Are Artists celebrates the life and work of fifteen female artists from around the globe and the distinctive mark they made on art. Presented as a collection of exciting biographical stories, each section reveals how the artist's unique approach and perspective provided art and society with a new way of seeing things.
We Are Artists places the spotlight on women painters, sculptors, printmakers, illustrators, designers, and craftswomen who created monumental artwork, often against daunting odds. The book includes reproductions of modern and contemporary artwork by Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alma Thomas, and Kenojuak Ashevak, to name a few. Through their personal stories, readers will learn about the art movements each artist worked in and the influence they exerted on both the art world and society as a whole.
This book starts to rewrite art history for the next generation, and will inspire young readers and artists everywhere.
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Publishers Weekly
Including names familiar--Kahlo, Kusama--and less widely known--Ashevak, Kngwarreye, Sher-Gil--this engaging introduction to the art and lives of 15 women active in the 20th century spans cultures, continents, and mediums. Each artist is given a dedicated chapter, marked by Herbert's colorful portraits. A single page of fiction sets the scene--"It was the first time she had... seen paper from the outside world. 'It's as thin as a shell from a snowbird's egg, ' she thought"--segueing into a short biography punctuated with Herbert's pictures and artists' reproductions. The clear, informative prose is sensitive and forthright about challenges the women faced: "Back in 1950s Finland, for a woman to love another woman was illegal. But on the islands... they could live and love as they wanted." Page by page, these stories coalesce into a rich portrait showing women around the world making art against the odds. Ages 9-12. (Sept.)
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Review quotes
This engaging introduction to the art and lives of 15 women active in the 20th century spans cultures, continents, and mediums... The clear, informative prose is sensitive and forthright about challenges the women faced... Page by page, these stories coalesce into a rich portrait showing women around the world making art against the odds.
JNF006040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | History
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
20th century
21st century
Women artists
Art, Modern
