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Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail SIGNED!
Sylvette was a shy girl with many secrets. She dreamed of being an artist, but no one knew of her plans. One summer, the famous Picasso came to Sylvette's town, Vallauris. Amazingly, out of all the people in the town, Picasso chose her as his model. Gradually, Sylvette came to view the famous artist as a father and told him of her secret ambitions. This is the true story of Sylvette David, who modelled for Picasso in 1954. She now lives in the West of England, where she works as a painter and sculptor.
QUOTE - by THE OBSERVER
Beautifully illustrated, engagingly told and a great companion to his other two books on Van Gogh and Degas. A great introduction to art and very highly recommended
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The Magical Garden of Claude Monet SIGNED!
When Julie's dog disappears into a mysterious garden, Julie follows him - and finds herself in a beautiful garden-within-a-garden where the roses grow like splashes of paint and a Japanese bridge bows over a silent pool. There she finds not only her dog, but also Claude Monet. The famous artist introduces her to his work and his garden, giving her encouragement that the young would-be artist will never forget. Set against the romantic, world-famous backdrop of Monet's garden at Giverny, the story is accompanied by reproductions of the artist's most celebrated paintings and a biographical note on Monet.
QUOTE - by THE GUARDIAN
There’s a gentle, dreamy feel to this visually delightful story : a young girl enters the garden of Claude Monet and meets the great painter, who takes her on a journey of discovery which takes in both the garden and the pictures that have been inspired by it. Together they explore, savouring the famous water lilies and, in a convincing watery fold-open spread, taking a boat on the lake. The enchantment of Monet’s pictures pervades all.
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Matisse, King of Colour SIGNED!
This is the sixth title in the highly-successful Anholt's Artists series about great painters. Each book tells the story of real meetings between a world-famous artist and a child who inspired him in his work, with reproductions of some of the artist's most famous works. This book describes the close relationship between Matisse and Monique, a young girl who wants to become a nun. Matisse develops a sketch drawn by Monique into a set of stained-glass windows and starts raising money to build a chapel for the nuns at Vence, in south-west France. Finally one morning when the chapel is finished, Monique sees the special magic of Matisse's design: when the sun's rays creep into the chapel, transforming its black and white interior into a fantastic sea of blue and green light!
QUOTE - by Andrew Hunt, London
My kids love this book, along with the others in the series. My kids have artistic aunts who encourage them to paint and draw and I love taking them to galleries, usually to find they are better informed than me.
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Leonardo And The Flying Boy SIGNED!
Zoro is the young pupil of the amazing painter, sculptor, scientist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci. Every day he works hard in Leonardo's workshop, mixing colours, cleaning paintbrushes and practising his drawings. But he is never allowed inside the secret locked room, where Leonardo spends hours hammering and sawing at a mysterious invention. One day Leonardo brings a mischievous boy named Salai to work for him. He is so intrigued by the secret room that he steals the keys to find out what is inside... Leonardo and the Flying Boy provides an exciting introduction to the great genius of the Italian Renaissance, with reproductions of Leonardo's own work.
QUOTE - by Joanna Pitmann from THE TIMES
The books by Laurence Anholt have always been popular with my daughters. Camille and the Sunflowers, about Van Gogh, and Degas and the Little Dancer are old favourites. Nicely illustrated, they tell a story around a picture or series of pictures, and only at the end do the children discover, to their surprise, that the stories are true
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Small Stories of Great Artists (unsigned)
A wonderful gift set of Laurence Anholt's classic artists series, now featuring five miniature hardback editions in a beautiful slipcase. All the stories are told through the eyes of children who knew the artists: Camille and the Sunflowers – A Story about Vincent van Gogh, Degas and the Little Dancer, Leonardo and the Flying Boy, Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail, The Magical Garden of Claude Monet.
QUOTE - by THE GUARDIAN
“A treasure box of four little books that tell the story behind some of the world's most famous paintings.”