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Beautiful shades of brown : the art of Laura Wheeler Waring

Churnin, Nancy

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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,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Creston Books, LLC 2020

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 921 WAR

Chuck Close

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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

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