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African American women artists African Americans in art Close, Chuck 1940- Femmes artistes noires américaines Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Femmes artistes Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Noirs américains dans l'art Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Portrait painters United States Waring, Laura Wheeler 1887-1948 Women artistsFilter By Authors
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Arthouse films (Series) ; 017Summary: 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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Summary: "Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creston Books, LLC 2020