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Lives of the artists : masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought) / written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt.

By: Krull, Kathleen.
Contributor(s): Hewitt, Kathryn [ill.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1995Edition: 1st ed.Description: 96 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 0152001034 :.Subject(s): Artists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Artists and community -- Juvenile literature | Artists | Artists -- BiographyDDC classification: 709/.2/2 | 92 | B
Contents:
What causes tickling? : Leonardo da Vinci -- Candles on his head : Michelangelo Buonarroti -- The uninvited guest : Peter Bruegel -- She introduced laughter : Sofonisba Anguissola -- From riches to rags : Rembrandt van Rijn -- Old man mad about drawing : Katsushika Hokusai -- Riding a tall horse : Mary Cassatt -- Risking his life for art : Vincent van Gogh -- Mountain climber, mother, and model : Käthe Kollwitz -- King of the wild beasts : Henri Matisse -- At the bullfights : Pablo Picasso -- Clowning around : Marc Chagall -- The art of chess : Marcel Duchamp -- Skulls and flowers : Georgia O'Keefe -- Handstands on the beach : William H. Johnson -- How to shock the world every twenty-four hours : Salvador Dali -- A tiger on the stairway : Isamu Noguchi -- Frog-face and the walking flower : Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo -- Eating the entire birthday cake : Andy Warhol.
Summary: A collection of short biographical sketches of famous artists emphasizing their unique personalities and the impressions they made on the people who knew them.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 96) and index.

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A collection of short biographical sketches of famous artists emphasizing their unique personalities and the impressions they made on the people who knew them.

What causes tickling? : Leonardo da Vinci -- Candles on his head : Michelangelo Buonarroti -- The uninvited guest : Peter Bruegel -- She introduced laughter : Sofonisba Anguissola -- From riches to rags : Rembrandt van Rijn -- Old man mad about drawing : Katsushika Hokusai -- Riding a tall horse : Mary Cassatt -- Risking his life for art : Vincent van Gogh -- Mountain climber, mother, and model : Käthe Kollwitz -- King of the wild beasts : Henri Matisse -- At the bullfights : Pablo Picasso -- Clowning around : Marc Chagall -- The art of chess : Marcel Duchamp -- Skulls and flowers : Georgia O'Keefe -- Handstands on the beach : William H. Johnson -- How to shock the world every twenty-four hours : Salvador Dali -- A tiger on the stairway : Isamu Noguchi -- Frog-face and the walking flower : Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo -- Eating the entire birthday cake : Andy Warhol.

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