Arcadia Public Library

"Hilma af Klimt was born in Sweden in 1862. She would grow up to be an artist, and her life would be filled with magic and mystery. Hilma lived at a time when people were fascinated by what they couldn't see. The invention of the telegraph and telephone made it possible to communicate over long distances, and spiritualists believed it was possible to speak with the dead. When Hilma began to hear the spirits, she found a new purpose for her paintings....

A picture book biography of the life of Claude Monet. Includes a time line of his works as well as related art appreciation activities.

1897. Rowena Blythe is wealthy, entitled and beautiful. As her twenty-fourth birthday approaches, she's expected to marry - and to marry well. Her parents commission a portrait of Rowena to help cement her reputation as a great society beauty. However, Bartek, the artist's young assistant, is unlike any man Rowena has met before wild, romantic and Bohemian. While society at large awaits the announcement of Rowena's engagement, it is Bartek who captures...

"In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it,...

"The year is 1951. Twenty-year-old wallflower Lee Kyung ekes out a living at the US Post Exchange, where goods and services of varying stripe are available for purchase. She peddles hand-painted portraits on silk handkerchiefs to soldiers passing through. When a handsome young northern escapee and erstwhile fine artist is hired despite waning demand, an unlikely friendship blossoms into a young woman's first brush with desire against the backdrop...

"One day, Leni, the little bat, suddenly ends up in Michel's red paint pot. This begins a friendship between the somewhat headstrong painter Michel and the little bat Leni. Michel is a painter and researcher and lives a very withdrawn life. His passion is animals, which he researches in order to be able to paint them. It's clear that a little bat would come in handy for him. Leni, that's the little one's name, needs a bath first because she ended...

"A picture book biography of American folk artist and labor organizer Ralph Fasanella. When dared to jump, Ralph always took the dare. So begins this loving tribute to a singular artist and his tireless efforts to honor and celebrate immigrant and working-class communities through his paintings."--

"1893 - El pintor Francisco Oller entra en un pacto siniestro, un desesperado intento por ponerle fin a su obra maestra, El Velorio. 1970 - En medio de luchas estudiantiles en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, un guardia de seguridad del Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte en su primer día de trabajo presencia un asesinato y descubre una carta que lo convierte en cómplice. Actualidad - En la actualidad: Luego de una noche llena de errores, cuatro...