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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
After the Fall ; Time, Life and Art of Rabin Mondal	Santo Datta	xix, 258 pages : 30 cm	OL10249204W
Camille Pissarro (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)	Mike Venezia	Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century French painter, Camille Pissarro.	OL106280W
Edward Hopper	Mike Venezia	Briefly examines the life and work of the American realist painter, describing and giving examples of his art.	OL106288W
Rene Magritte (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)	Mike Venezia	Describes the life and career of the twentieth-century Belgian Surrealist painter.	OL106338W
Paul Gauguin, his life and art	John Gould Fletcher	“An interpretation of the life of this strange painter, whose mixed French, Spanish, and Peruvian ancestry seemed to destine him to a life of unconventionality and revolt. It traces his bohemian life…	OL1102688W
Ana tanrıçalar, Kybele ve çağdaş Türk resmindeki izdüşümleri	Zühre İndirkaş	Doç.Dr.Zühre İndirkaş, elinizdeki kitapta Anadolu toprağı ile bütünleşen Ana Tanrıçayı en erken donemlerden başlayarak tarihsel gelişimi içinde tüm yönleriyle dile getirmekte ve Anadolu'nun gelişimin…	OL12828418W
Emily Carr	Lewis DeSoto	Mad, bad, and dangerous to know is how Victorian society dismissed Emily Carr. Lewis DeSoto, a painter and novelist, sees Emily Carr as a woman in search of God, freedom, and the essence of art. Her …	OL13022916W
Malarstwo Maksymiliana Gierymskiego	Halina Stepien	Summary in English; table of contents and list of illustrations also in English.	OL13318518W
Painting in Canada	John Russell Harper	Through a lively combination of entertaining anecdotes, descriptions of the cultural background, biographical accounts, and critical judgement, the reader comes to know intimately the artists, their …	OL13375392W
The Shell Seekers	Rosamunde Pilcher	The Shell Seekers is a novel of connection: of one family, and of the passions and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. The Shell Seekers is filled with real people--mothers…	OL134642W
Essential Dalí	Kirsten Bradbury	Looks in detail at all aspects of the art of Salvador Dali, with detailed commentary on 120 examples of his work.	OL13631379W
Master of shadows	Mark Lamster	The true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers.Peter Paul Rubens is best remembered as the Old Master with…	OL13770011W
Paintbrush and Peace Pipe	Anne F. Rockwell	A biography of the nineteenth-century artist who traveled in the West painting the Indians and their way of life.	OL14853924W
Grandma Moses	Alexandra Wallner	A brief biography of Anna Mary Robertson, the artist who was known as Grandma Moses, describing the inspiration behind and development of her paintings.	OL15204330W
Henri Rousseau	Mike Venezia	An introduction to the life and work of the nineteenth-century French artist Henri Rousseau	OL15279269W
Art & Max	David Wiesner	Arthur knows how to paint. He’s ready to share his wisdom with Max, who has a lot to learn but can‘t wait to dive right in. Their story begins here. Is it about creating a work of art? Or about an…	OL15376677W
Glory in a line	Phyllis Birnbaum	"When we think of expatriates in Paris during the early decades of the twentieth century, certain names come to mind: Hemingway, Picasso, Modigliani - and Foujita, the Japanese artist whose distincti…	OL15801038W
Claude Monet	Susie Hodge	Discusses the life, art, and legacy of the artist Claude Monet. Includes a timeline linking the events in his life with world events.	OL15835334W
Noa Noa	Paul Gauguin	Paul Gauguin fled what he called "filthy Europe" in 1891 to what he hoped would be an unspoiled paradise, Tahiti. He painted 66 magnificent can vases during the first two years he spent there and kep…	OL15844326W
Die in plain sight	Ann Maxwell	E-book exclusive extra: Read the first five thrilling chapters of Heather Lowell's romance-suspense debut, When the Storm Breaks (and see how ingenious storytelling runs in families).Rareties Unlimit…	OL15859W