Degas and the Little Dancer: A Story About Edgar Degas (Anholt's Artists) - Hardcover

Anholt, Laurence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812065832 ISBN 13: 9780812065831

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 1996

Synopsis

Many years ago, Marie hoped to be a famous ballerina, but because her family had too little money for lessons she began modeling at the ballet school. The painter for whom she modeled was the artist, Edgar Degas. As Degas' figure of The Little Dancer took shape, Marie began to feel sympathy for the bad-tempered artist. When the sculpture was finished, thousands of art lovers came to see the statue, making Marie the most famous dancer of all. Here is an exquisite introduction to the life of a great nineteenth-century French artist, with beautiful impressionistic illustrations and reproductions of Degas' own work.

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Review:

Laurence Anholt has created a gorgeous picture story book that explores the background of Marie and how she became Degas' model (Daily Express)

Art comes to life... The 'real' paintings mesh cleverly with Anholt's lively illustrations (Mail on Sunday)

About the Author:

Laurence Anholt is the author and illustrator of several children s books about famous artists, all available in North America from Barron s. They include Degas and the Little Dancer, Leonardo and the Flying Boy, The Magical Garden of Claude Monet, and van Gogh and the Sunflowers.

About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0812065832
• ISBN 13: 9780812065831
• Binding: Hardcover