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The Story of Paintings

The Story of Paintings

Published: 14 Oct 2021

Paperback / softback, 88 pages

Recommended for age 7+ and 9+

By Mick Manning

Illustrated by Brita Granstroem

Published by Hachette Children's Group

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A friendly and inspiring introduction to art history, telling the stories of the world's greatest paintings and artists from prehistory to the modern dayThe Story of Paintings begins with the cave paintings of our Stone Age ancestors and continues through to the modern-day. Mick Manning and Brita Granstroem take you on a tour of their personally selected gallery which showcases the work of some of the world's most famous artists and few less well-known ones. The artists featured include van Eyck, da Vinci, Bruegel, Rembrandt, Velazquez, JMW Turner, Van Gogh, Monet, Matisse, Georgia O'Keefe, Picasso, Frida Kahlo and Jackson Pollock as well as Dame Laura Knight and Kalan Khan.

The friendly text and illustrations help children to appreciate the art, highlighting interesting biographical details and picking out key details to spot. The book's large format means the art is reproduced on a wonderfully impactful scale. This really is a book to give and treasure.

Tagged art and artists