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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PIPFabiny, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET O'KeeffeSummary: 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 DAVSummary: 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 AUDSummary: 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 MARSummary: 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 WYEKane, Brian M.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flesk Publications 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 BAMA KANSummary: Essays by eight distinguished art historians examine the ways in which Jacob Lawrence's art speaks so powerfully to different audiences. An extensive chronology is illustrated with family photos. 261 illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Washington Press in association with Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonnpae Project 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 OVSSummary: 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 ROTDavis, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Group 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 DAVDrohojowska-Philp, Hunter
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA DROGoldberg, 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOLDBERG, NATALIE GOLGopnik, Blake
Summary: The definitive biography of a fascinating and paradoxical figure, one of the most influential artists of his--or any--age To this day, mention the name "Andy Warhol" to almost anyone and you'll hear about his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. But though Pop Art became synonymous with Warhol's name and dominated the public's image of him, his life and work are infinitely more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARHOL, ANDY GOPOrear, Gordon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center for Creative Studies 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 702 SARKIS OREVarnedoe, Kirk
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Museum of Modern Art 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 VARFischl, Eric
Summary: Traces the American artist's struggle to find his way during a period when his style was contrary to fashion, his relationship with his alcoholic mother, his struggles with addiction, and his interactions with such contemporaries as Julian Schnabel and David Salle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FISCHL, ERIC FISMeryman, Richard
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WYETH, ANDREW MERRockwell, Norman
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. N. Abrams 1970
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 ROCRothko, Mark
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. N. Abrams 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.13 WalCline, Sally.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FITZGERALD, ZELDA CLIDuggleby, John .
Summary: Follows the life of the Iowa farm boy who struggled to realize his talents and who painted in Paris but returned home to focus on the land and people he knew best.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1996
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Summary: The unbelievable true story of artist Thomas Kinkade, self-described "Painter of light", and the dramatic rise and fall of his billion-dollar art empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Books 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KINKADE, THOMAS KUSLisle, Laurie.
Summary: Georgia O'Keeffe's personal mystique is an intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvases. Here is the first full account of her life--from her girlhood to her seclusion in New Mexico & death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA MOSMatthews, Rupert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regency House Pub. Ltd. 1997