Portraits

Children's Books About Portraits & Portrait Artists!

Katie and the Mona Lisa written and illustrated by James Mayhew (E MAYHEW) "At the art museum, while her grandmother dozes, Katie steps into the painting of the Mona Lisa and together they have adventures with the characters from four other well-known Renaissance paintings. Includes information about the artists." Click here for this book at the Richland Public Library. Here are some other children's books we have about portrait artists. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Norman Rockwell: Storyteller with a Brush by Beverly Gherman (J 759.13 ROCKWELL GHERMAN)
• Paul Klee by Mike Venezia (J 759.9494 KLEE VENEZIA)
• Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales (J 759.972 KAHLO MORALES)

Mrs. McCaw Learns to Draw written and illustrated by Kaethe Zemach (E ZEMACH) "Dudley Ellington struggles to learn anything at school, but when his very patient teacher, Mrs. McGraw, is unable to draw a face on the board, he helps her figure out how to do it." Click here for this book at the Richland Public Library. Here are some other books we have about drawing portraits. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Amelia's Easy-as-Pie Drawing Guide by Marissa Moss (J 741.2 MOSS)
• The Limners: America's Earliest Portrait Painters by Leonard Everett Fisher (J 757.0973 FISHER)
• Just Like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits by Harriet Rohmer (J 704.942 JUST LIK)

Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring written by Nancy Churnin, illustrated by Felicia Marshall (J 759.13 CHURNIN) "Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all races can admire the beautiful shades of brown she captured." Click here for this book at the Richland Public Library. Here are some other children's books we have about portrait artists. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Andrew Wyeth by Richard Meryman (J 759.13 WYETH MERYMAN)
• Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand (J 759.972 RIVERA BERNIER)
• René Magritte by Mike Venezia (J 759.9493 MAGRITTE VENEZIA)

Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces written and illustrated by Ed Emberley (J 743 EMBERLEY) "Simple step-by-step instructions for drawing a wide variety of faces reflecting various emotions and professions." Click here for this book at the Richland Public Library. Here are some other children's books we have about drawing people. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Big Book of Things to Draw by Fiona Watt (J 741.2 WATT)
• Faces by Giles Waterford (J 757 WATERFIE)
• How to Draw and Paint People by Angela Gair (J 743.4 GAIR)

Pippin Paints a Portrait written and illustrated by Charlotte Mei (E MEI) "Pippin's friend Minky helps him to dig deep and find the artist inside himself. Packed with information about famous artists, their approaches and their mediums, this book simultaneously engages, informs and asks young readers to question how they themselves ‘read’ and create art." Click here for this book at the Richland Public Library. Here are some other children's books we have about portrait artists. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Inspirations: Stories about Women Artists Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, and Faith Ringgold by Leslie Sills (J 759 SILLS)
• John Singer Sargent: The Life of an Artist by Eshel Kreiter and Marc Zabludoff (J 759.13 SARGENT KREITER)
• Paul Cezanne by Mike Venezia (J 759.4 CEZANNE VENEZIA)

Mary Cassatt written and illustrated by Mike Venezia (J 759.13 CASSATT VENEZIA) "Briefly examines the life and work of the American Impressionist painter, describing and giving examples of her art." Click here for this book at the Richland Public Library, or click here to see all books we have by this author. Here are some of the many books we have by this author about portrait artists. Click on the blue text for more information.

• Edward Hopper (J 759.13 HOPPER VENEZIA)
• Faith Ringgold (J 709.2 RINGGOLD VENEZIA)
• Grant Wood (J 759.13 WOOD VENEZIA)
• Pierre August Renoir (J 759.4 RENOIR VENEZIA)
• Raphael (J 759.5 RAPHAEL VENEZIA)
• Titian (J 759.5 TITIAN VENEZIA)