Price, Marjorie (Marjorie Joan)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 944.1092 PriceSummary: Explores the mind and motivations of Pablo Picasso as he creates over fifteen works before the camera. Using a specially designed transparent 'canvas' to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera records. He begins with simple works that take shape after only a single brush stroke. He then progresses to more complex paintings, in which he repeatedly adds and removes elements,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2003
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Summary: "A picture book biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, with an emphasis on her sustainable homestead in Abiquiu, New Mexico"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024
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Summary: A richly told biography of Suzanne Valadon, the illegitimate daughter of a provincial linen maid who became famous as a model for the Impressionists and later as a painter in her own right. Catherine Hewitt tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 921 VALADON, SUZANNE HEWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B VALADON HEWPears, Iain.
Summary: Journeying to a remote French island to sit for a portrait that is painted by his tormented artist friend, an influential London art critic recalls the early years of their friendship, and his own influence over aspiring artists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PEAVenezia, Mike.
Summary: Briefly examines the life and work of the renowned twentieth-century artist, describing and giving examples from his various periods or styles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1988
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB PICASSO VENCowell, Stephanie.
Summary: Falling in love against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Paris, struggling impressionist artist Claude Monet and the enigmatic Camille Doucieux carve out a life together that is threatened by Camille's dark past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COWGreenside, Mark.
Summary: Author and teacher Mark Greenside recounts his struggles to fit into the life of a small Celtic village in Brittany.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 944 GreFormat: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MetroBooks 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A searing portrait of the self-absorbed English artist Francis Bacon at the height of his fame in the 1960s and his tumultuous love affair with his self-destructive lover George Dyer, a would-be thief whom Bacon discovered one night as the young man attempted to burgle Bacon's studio.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA LOVSkolvan (Musical group)
Contents: Gwenojennoù ar gavotten -- Joausté ar c'heisté -- Ar marc'hadour bihan -- Trip to Skye -- Er meliner -- Kozh korle -- Polkas bognolaises -- Allez oust! -- Le sous-marin s'en va.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Keltia Musique 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN SKOWider, Susan
Summary: "A gripping middle grade biography of Charlotte Salomon, and an ode to how art can capture both life's everyday beauty and its monumental horrors. Charlotte Salomon was a German-Jewish artist born in Berlin. She is remembered for her autobiographical series of paintings, Life? or Theater?, which consists of 769 individual works painted between 1940 and 1942 while she was in hiding from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SALSummary: Auguste Renoir experienced the loss of his wife, the pains of old age, and bad news from the front: his son Jean is injured. But a girl, Andree, appeared in his life as a miracle, the old man will infuse energy that only waited. Bursting with vitality and radiant beauty, Andree is the latest model of the painter, his fountain of youth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mongrel Media 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RENRubio, Salva
Summary: From many years without recognition, money and yet a family to raise, all the way to great success, critically and financially, Monet pursued insistently one vision: catching the light in painting, refusing to compromise on this ethereal pursuit. It cost him dearly but he was a beacon for his contemporaries. We discover in this comics biography how he came to this vision as well as his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUBContents: Noce tragique (3:58) -- Loup-garou (3:31) -- Le Rosier (4:43) -- Cardeuse (3:57) -- Confédération (3:47) -- Chaise ardente (3:26) -- D'ouest en est (2:51) -- Forillon (4:43) -- Petit rêve IX (1:49) -- Pauvre enfant (4:43) -- Entre ciel et terre (5:18) -- L'échafaud (1:49) -- La marche des Iroquois (2:19) -- Papineau (2:18) -- Amant volange (2:54).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/NORTH AMERICAN VENBryant, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PIPWalker, Ray
Summary: "An intoxicating memoir of an American who discovers a passion for French wine, and gambles everything to chase a dream of owning a vineyard in Burgundy Ray Walker had a secure career in finance until a wine-tasting vacation ignited a passion that hecouldn't stifle. Ray neglected his work, spending hours poring over ancient French winemaking texts, learning the techniques and the language,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WALKER, RAY WalkerMusso, Guillaume
Summary: Paris, un atelier d'artiste caché au fond d'une allée verdoyante. Madeline l'a loué pour s'y reposer et s'isoler. À la suite d'une méprise, cette jeune flic londonienne y voit débarquer Gaspard, un écrivain misanthrope venu des États-Unis pour écrire dans la solitude. Ces deux écorchés vifs sont contraints de cohabiter quelques jours. L'atelier a appartenu au célèbre peintre Sean Lorenz et...
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Publisher / Publication Date: XO Editions 2017
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 MUS FRENCHContents: Cutting bracken ; Brisk Bob ; Laird of Drumblair -- Melodie ; Rondes de Loudeac -- Garrett Barry's jig ; Cliffs of Moher -- Dionne reel ; Mouth of the Tobique -- Larides de Pontivy et de Josselin -- Mist covered mountains of home -- Pigeon on the gate ; Lafferty's ; Morning dew -- Suite de Loudeac -- Music for a found harmonium ; La partida ; Roumanian tune ; Calgary polka ; Leaving Brittany --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Green Linnet 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN /EUROPEAN BURCline, Sally.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FITZGERALD, ZELDA CLISummary: Everybody has heard about when Vincent van Gogh looked into a mirror and cut into his own ear. Bernadette Murphy, an independent researcher, has uncovered definitive evidence which reveals exactly what happened that night, and how it ultimately shaped van Gogh's remarkable art. Murphy's detective work finally provides answers to the mystery that has divided art historians for decades.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: "The traditional stories of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales transport us to the fantastical world of Celtic folklore. These timeless tales brim with wit and magic, and each one is brought to life with elegant silhouette art in this special illustrated edition." -- Page [4] cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 CELSpence, David.
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the French artist known for his founding of the impressionist school of painting, discusses his famous paintings, and examines how his paintings bridged the worlds of traditional and modern art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Forest Press 2010