Discusses the influence of nature and color on the American artist and how she demonstrated these feelings through her paintings.

"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 O'Keeffe's influences. Explore the adventures that inspired...

Anna Mary Robertson Moses, also known as Grandma Moses, was in her seventies when her career as an artist began. She was a self-taught artist, who became well known for her folk art. Moses painted simple scenes of country life, often stemming from happy childhood memories. Learn more in Grandma Moses, one of the titles in the Greatest Artists series. The Great Artists introduces readers to some of the worlds most renowned artists. Each biography...

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.

A biography of the revisionist artist who achieved prominence in the late 1960s for enormous, photographically realistic, black and white portraits of himself and his friends.

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.

A biography of the painter who for sixty-five years portrayed America for Americans as they liked to see themselves.

No punches are pulled in this fascinating biography that covers the life and work of the prolific artist George Bellows. Having spent most of his adult life in New York City, Bellows left behind an extraordinary body of work that captures life in this dynamic city: bustling street scenes, ringside views of boxing matches, and boys diving and swimming in the East River. Art reproductions and photographs from his youth round out the book.

Examines the life of the realist painter, describing his long years of struggle as an unknown artist, and his final recognition as one of the masters of twentieth century American art.

"Brush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title. Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous ways. After hearing President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, he was inspired to create paintings that described the principles for universal rights: four paintings that portray iconic images of the American experience. Over the course...