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English
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"A broken promise reveals a terrifying legacy in this electrifying novel from the New York Times bestselling author of When All the Girls Have Gone. A painter of fiery, nightmarish visions throws herself into the sea--but she'll leave some of her secrets behind... Seattle gallery owner Virginia Troy has spent years battling the demons that stem from her childhood time in a cult and the night a fire burned through the compound, killing her mother....
Series
Criterion collection volume 1034
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Français
Description
France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse first moments of freedom. Héloïse's portrait soon becomes a collaborative...
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Film Movement
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English
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This touching documentary chronicles the long and colorful life of Lily Yeh, an artist who has committed herself to creating community-based art projects in some of the world's most troubled areas.. Beginning with the creation of an unprecedented sculpture garden in the projects of North Philly that became known as "The Village of Arts and Humanities," THE BAREFOOT ARTIST also shows Yeh working in various far-flung locations, such as Kenya and Rwanda,...
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Out of This World is the powerful, stunningly told story of Leonora Carrington, a girl who made art out of her imagination and created some of the most enigmatic and startling works of the last eighty years.
Publisher
Leomark Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
New York City. A secret diary by Anton Perich, one of the most interesting artists of the Factory of Andy Warhol. An intimate journey into the artistic background of an entire generation that changed the world in the fabulous seventies.
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Equal parts picture book biography, inspiring story, and a look at racial diversity in America, It Began with a Page is a gem for any book lover, librarian, or child who dares to dream big. 48pp., Ill.
12) Pendular
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Big World Pictures
Language
Portuguese
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A young couple settles down in a large abandoned industrial warehouse. An orange strip, glued to the floor, partitions the area into two equal portions: to the right, his sculpture atelier; to the left, her dance studio. The film takes place in this setting, where art, performances, and intimacy mingle together, and where the characters slowly lose their capacity to distinguish between their artistic projects, their past, and their romantic relationship....
13) Anywhere artist
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A young artist explains how she uses the materials provided by nature, as well as her imagination and creativity, to fuel her art.
14) Yayoi Kusama
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Get to know Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations, in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people "you should meet!""--
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English
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The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of Remarkable Creatures and The Last Runaway
Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth
Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.
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...18) A fine imitation
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Set in the glamorous 1920s, this is an intoxicating debut that sweeps readers into a privileged Manhattan socialite's restless life and the affair with a mysterious painter that upends her world. Vera Bellington has beauty, pedigree, and a penthouse at The Angelus. Emil Hallan arrives at The Angelus to paint a mural above its glittering subterranean pool. The handsome French artist shrouds his work in secrecy, and piques Vera's curiosity. When the...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"To us, Van Gogh's paintings look utterly unique. His vivid palates and wildly interpretive portraits are unmistakably his--yet however revolutionary his style may have been, it was actually built on a strong foundation of paintings by other artists, both his contemporaries and those who came before him. Now, drawing on Van Gogh's own thoughtful and often poetic comments about the artists he venerated, Steven Naifeh gives a gripping account of his...
20) Luster
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English
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"Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage"--
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