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279 pp.
| Bloomsbury
| September, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-1-61963-133-5$17.99
(4)
YA
Parisian teen Julien, a curator's son, begins to see paintings come alive. When a long-lost, supposedly cursed Renoir painting resurfaces, Julien falls in love with its subject, Clio (one of the mythologized nine Muses in human form). There are holes in Whitney's conceit and the dialogue is stilted, but art lovers will relish the abundant detail-rich references to famous works.
36 pp.
| Getty
| March, 2010
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TradeISBN 978-1-60606-003-2$16.95
(3)
PS
Lift the flap in a pink double-page spread and discover a rosy-cheeked child from a Renoir painting. Turn the page to see the full painting and learn the child is Coco, Renoir's son. Seven more spreads introduce the color, art, and subjects of Renoir's famous paintings in this thoughtfully designed book.
32 pp.
| Barron's
| October, 2007
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TradeISBN 978-0-7641-6041-7$14.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Nancy Lane.
Renoir's son Jean, like his older brother, is not allowed to cut his hair until he starts school. This results in much angst for Jean--and a well-known painting by his father, who famously depicted the decidedly feminine-looking boy sewing. The story's dialogue stretches credulity, especially when it lapses into a forced aside on impressionist history. Lane's illustrations effectively imitate Renoir's style.
92 pp.
| Abrams
| November, 1998
|
TradeISBN 0-8109-3795-6$$19.95
(3)
4-6
First Impressions series.
This well-balanced combination of biography, art history, and analysis is enhanced by fifty-five illustrations--most full-colored reproductions of Renoir's paintings--with a few photographs of the artist, his family, friends, and places he painted. Quotations from his letters, his friends, and his son add authenticity to the story of his experimentation, struggle for acceptance, determination, and joy in life and painting. Ind.