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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
299 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1869 Japan, a young woman escapes the confines of her arranged marriage by painting memories of her lover on mulberry paper. She secretly wraps the painting around a ceramic pot that's bound for Europe. In France, a disenchanted young man works as a clerk at an import shop. When he opens the box from Japan, he discovers the brilliant watercolor of two lovers locked in an embrace under a plum tree. He steals the painting and hides it in his room....
Author
Language
English
Description
"Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist - and confidante - to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own... Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation...
7) Emma
Author
Language
English
Description
Motivated by a birthday gift, a 72-year-old woman begins to paint.
9) All I see
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A child paints with an artist friend who sees and paints only whales. An artist at a lake befriends a young boy and teaches him to paint.
10) Big brown bear
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A big brown bear turns blue while painting when a little bear playing with her baseball bat accidentally knocks him off his ladder.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Life is short - no one knows that better than seventeen year-old Lenni Petterssen. On the Terminal Ward, the nurses are offering their condolences already, but Lenni still has plenty of living to do. When she meets 83-year-old Margot Macrae, a fellow patient offering new friendship and enviable artistic skills, Lenni's life begins to soar in ways she'd never imagined. As their bond deepens, a world of stories opens up: of wartime love and loss, of...
14) Portrait
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Avid antiques collector Pierre-François Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an eighteenth-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life . . .
15) Painting Pepette
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1920s Paris, after Josette and her stuffed-animal rabbit Pepette encounter famous artists who try and paint Pepette's portrait, Josette realizes she is the perfect person to do the painting.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a boy being chased through present-day London seeks refuge in the National Gallery, a dog escapes from the painting of one Dutch master and together they leap into the painting of another, where their adventures in seventeenth-century Delft are a prelude to returning to London and continuing the chase.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fictionalized story of Virginie Gautreau's life, draws on the sketchy facts known about the subject of John Singer Sargent's famous painting, Madame X, recreating her tempestuous personality, the captivating milieu of Belle Epoch Paris, and the struggle between artist and model to control the painting that would change their lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s.
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