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Eat, Pray, Love meets Claude Monet in this epistolary ode to Paris. What started as a whim in a Latin Quarter café blossomed into Janice MacLeod's yearslong endeavor to document and celebrate life in Paris, sending monthly snippets of her paintings and writings to the mailboxes of ardent followers around the world. Now, Dear Paris collects the entirety of the Paris Letters project: 140 illustrated messages discussing everything from macarons to Montmartre.
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62) Monet
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Traces the life of the Impressionist painter and analyzes some of his paintings.
63) Vincent van Gogh
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Introduces Vincent van Gogh as one of the most unique Impressionist artists by exploring the techniques he used to paint masterpieces such as Starry Night. Have you ever wondered what inspired some of the world's greatest artists? Each book in the World's Greatest Artists series offers a biography of a famous artist, introduces the techniques that made each artist's work so unique, and highlights some of the artist's most famous masterpieces. Each...
65) Georges Seurat
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Describes the life and career of the nineteenth-century French Neo-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat, best known for inventing the painting technique known as Pointillism.
66) House of D
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By working through challenges stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw, an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends.
68) Henri Matisse
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Discusses the life and work of French post-impressionist artist Henri Matisse.
71) Picasso
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Focuses on the childhood of the noted artist Pablo Picasso.
72) Claude Monet
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Monet was one of the painters who helped shape the influential art movement of Impressionism. Many of his paintings, including Water Lilies, are known around the world, more than 100 years after he painted them! But, just like in many families, Monet's father wanted his son to go into the family business and have a regular job. Relatable facts like these keep readers turning the pages of this fascinating biography of Claude Monet. Examples of his...
74) Henri Matisse
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Discusses the life and career of this French artist, describing and giving examples of his work.
77) Edgar Degas
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A series of artist biographies for young readers provides hilarious, cartoon-style illustrations to complement the easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of each master's artwork. Includes primary sources, photos, illustrations, maps and timelines. --Publisher.