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Dancing Through Fields of Color - by Elizabeth Brown (Hardcover)

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  • Author Elizabeth Brown and illustrator Aimee Sicuro's picture book Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler is a biography about the artist's breakthrough into the art world.
  • 4-8 Years
  • 10.6" x 8.8" Hardcover
  • 40 Pages
  • Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography

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About the Book



They said only men could paint powerful pictures, but Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) splashed her way through the modern art world. This picture-book biography discusses Frankenthaler's early life, how she used colors to express emotion, and how she overcame the male-dominated art world of the 1950s. Full color.



Book Synopsis



Author Elizabeth Brown and illustrator Aimee Sicuro's picture book Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler is a biography about the artist's breakthrough into the art world.

They said only men could paint powerful pictures, but Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) splashed her way through the modern art world. Channeling deep emotion, she poured paint onto her canvas and danced with the colors to make art unlike anything anyone had ever seen. She used unique tools like mops and squeegees to push the paint around, to dazzling effects. Frankenthaler became an originator of the influential "Color Field" style of abstract expressionist painting with her "soak stain" technique, and her artwork continues to electrify new generations of artists today.

Dancing Through Fields of Color discusses Frankenthaler's early life, how she used colors to express emotion, and how she overcame the male-dominated art world of the 1950s.

"A pitch-perfect expression of a little-known artist in text and illustration alike, this is a top-notch example of the picture book biography." --School Library Journal



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"Brown uses lyrical text full of action words and ranges of color to describe this lesser-known yet influential abstract expressionist artist from the twentieth century . . . [Sicuro's] loosely drawn illustrations with thick strokes of watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil evoke both Helen's moods and her abstract style."--Booklist

"Brown's debut picture-book biography limns [Frankenthaler's] creative and imaginative childhood, dutiful art study in college, and early career in mid-twentieth-century NYC . . . Sicuro's compositions--in watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil . . . consistently reinforce the ideas of movement and color saturation."--Horn Book Magazine

"Sicuro's bold illustrations are a wonderful match for a biography on an abstract artist; the saturated colors, thick lines, and rounded shapes work well with Brown's descriptive text to immerse readers in Frankenthaler's world . . . A pitch-perfect expression of a little-known artist in text and illustration alike, this is a top-notch example of the picture book biography."--School Library Journal

"The textual descriptions of Frankenthaler's process are gorgeous . . . [and] Sicuro's watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil illustrations are spirited."--Kirkus Reviews

"With sweeping strokes, Sicuro conveys the young artist's joy in the act of creation."--Publishers Weekly



About the Author



Elizabeth Brown holds an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College and teaches writing and humanities at Saint Augustine College. Dancing Through Fields of Color is her debut picture book.

Aimee Sicuro is an illustrator, picture-book maker, and surface-pattern designer. She graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a BFA in illustration. She lives in Brooklyn.

Dimensions (Overall): 10.6 Inches (H) x 8.8 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 4-8 Years
Number of Pages: 40
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
Sub-Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Theme: Art
Format: Hardcover
Author: Elizabeth Brown
Language: English
Street Date: March 19, 2019
TCIN: 1002238492
UPC: 9781419734106
Item Number (DPCI): 247-33-1979
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.6 inches length x 8.8 inches width x 10.6 inches height
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