Published by J.B. Lippincott Company
17 Total Books
Elizabeth Ripley approaches writing biographical sketches about artists with careful attention to detail, providing fascinating elements specifically designed to engage children’s minds with art. She encompasses the artist’s life story in her series of vignettes, integrating each page of text with a reproduction of one of the author’s drawings, etchings or paintings.
In each of the volumes, the left-hand page provides the text, while the right-hand page contains a related piece of art which will intrigue both the casual and the serious student. Each volume, a satisfying narrative, places the artist and his work in a modern context, stimulating the reader’s appreciation and understanding of all art.