Bryant, Jen

Summary: Presents an illustrated introduction to the life and work of artist Horace Pippin, describing his childhood love for drawing and the World War I injury that challenged his career.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PIP

Fabiny, Sarah

Summary: "Georgia O'Keeffe is famously known for her colorful, large paintings of flowers, but this artist's portfolio expands far beyond Jack-in-the-pulpits. In this book, young readers will learn about O'Keeffe's childhood in Wisconsin and her years as a talented art school teacher. Her years as an artist in both New York and New Mexico, two areas that are heavily represented in her artwork, reveal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET O'Keeffe

Robinson, Lisa

Summary: "A picture book biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, with an emphasis on her sustainable homestead in Abiquiu, New Mexico"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 O'KE

Venezia, Mike

Summary: "Introduces the reader to the artist Georgia O'Keeffe"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine Artist O'Keefe

Brownridge, Lucy

Summary: "Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the Mother of American Modernism, discover why in this first story book about Georgia O'Keeffe. From humble beginnings living on a prairie farm, to taking the New York art scene by storm, to living a solitary life in the New Mexican desert, find out how Georgia's extraordinary life unfolded and how each place changed the ways her paintings came out. See how her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 O'KE

Summary: The extraordinary story of a woman who defied tradition, a painter whose work captivated Edgar Degas, and the only American asked to join the French Impressionists. Best remembered for her tender yet unsentimental depictions of mothers and children, Cassatt was also a driving force for women's suffrage and other issues of her day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Entertainment 2003

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAR

Venezia, Mike

Summary: "Introduces the reader to the artist Mary Cassatt"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Fine Artist Cassatt

Summary: An absorbing portrait of the filmmaker David Lynch, as well as an intimate encounter with the man himself. From the privacy of his home and painting studio in the Hollywood Hills, a candid Lynch conjures people and places from his past, from his boyhood in Idaho and Virginia to his experiences at art school in Boston and Philadelphia to the beginnings of his filmmaking career in Los Angeles, in...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2017

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAV

Kane, Brian M.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flesk Publications 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BAMA KAN

Summary: With editing completed by filmmaker Ken Kobland after the death of director/producer Marion Cajori, this movie describes the life and work of an artist who has reinvented portraiture. Close photographs his subjects, blows up the image to gigantic proportions, divides it into a detailed grid and then uses a complex set of colors and patterning to reconstruct each face. The artist describes his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Arthouse Films 2010

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC CHU

Summary: Naturalist and nineteenth century painter, John James Audubon was one of the most remarkable men of early America. The program brings to life his timeless paintings with dazzling footage of the living birds he immortalized, and celebrates visually the natural world he described in his writings. Interviews reveal the man, explore his art, and put his groundbreaking work in modern perspective.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AUD

Broyles, Anne

Summary: "A picture book biography of American folk artist and labor organizer Ralph Fasanella. When dared to jump, Ralph always took the dare. So begins this loving tribute to a singular artist and his tireless efforts to honor and celebrate immigrant and working-class communities through his paintings."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FAS

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FASANELLA BRO

Summary: John James Audubon's story is dramatic and surprising. He was not born in America, but saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone alive. His growing apprehension about the destruction of nature became his prophecy. As an artist and naturalist his achievements were monumental. John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature creates a meaningful portrait of Art and Science in the first...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2016

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOH

Albee, Sarah

Summary: George Washington and artist Gilbert Stuart didn't always see eye-to-eye, but both men knew the importance of legacy and the power of art. Though George disliked having his portrait painted -- which took days and days to complete -- he knew his place in history would require people to know his face. Fortunately, Gilbert Stuart's unique way of painting didn't compel his subjects to sit for hours...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.41 ALB

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.41 ALB

Goldberg, Natalie

Summary: "A powerful memoir from Natalie Golderg--the woman who changed the way writing is taught in this country--sharing her experience with cancer grounded in her practice of writing and Zen."--Amazon.com. When longtime Zen practitioner and world-renowned writing teacher Natalie Goldberg learns that she has a life-threatening illness, she is plunged into the challenging realm of hospitals,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOLDBERG, NATALIE GOL

Summary: The story of one of America's most popular, but least understood, artists. While his exhibitions routinely broke attendance records, art world critics continually assaulted his work. Through unprecedented access to family members, archival materials, and his work, this program presents the most complete portrait of the artist, bearing witness to a legacy just at the moment it is evolving.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WYE

Davis, Deborah

Summary: Shares the story behind the creation of Sargent's famous painting, which propelled the artist to fame but condemned his young subject to a lifetime of ridicule and self-loathing due to the work's perceived sexuality.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Group 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 DAV

Clavreul, Denis

Summary: "An artist's uniquely personal journey across Audubon's America In the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out to create a complete pictorial record of North American birdlife, traveling from Louisiana and the Florida Keys to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the cliffs of the Yellowstone River. The resulting work, The Birds of America, stands as a monumental...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 598.092 CLA

Summary: Based on the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a young American unknown graffiti artist who lived on the streets of New York City in a cardboard box. Jean-Michel was "discovered" by Andy Warhol's art world and became a star. But his success came at a high price, and Basquiat paid with friendship, love, drugs and eventually, his life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 1996

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BAS

Fabiny, Sarah

Summary: "Brush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title. Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous ways. After hearing President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, he was inspired to create paintings that described the principles for universal rights: four paintings that portray...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROC

Summary: "Fellow artists and lovers Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940's art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country to marry, and soon, Pollock creates the work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But with fame and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA POL

Summary: Mark Rothko is considered one of the most renowned figures of the abstract expressionists, though he refused to adhere to any art movement. For Rothko, both painting and viewing his work were considered a spiritual experience. The film profiles the life and work of a man who often wrestled with great sadness even as he transformed the course of American art with his uncompromising vision.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROT