Graphic Novel Biographies about Artists by Multcolib My Librarian Sherita T.Like this list

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• Liberated

  the Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun

  Rowe, Kaz, 1996-

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  This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun.

• Kusama

  the Graphic Novel

  Macellari, Elisa,

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  In 1960s America, Kusama is a symbol of free love and peace. She fights a constant battle with her mental health, but finds salvation in art.

• Seen. Edmonia Lewis

  Walls, Jasmine,

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  Meet Edmonia Lewis, the woman who changed America during the Civil War by becoming the first sculptor of African-American and Native American heritage to earn international acclaim.

• Cloth Lullaby

  the Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois

  Novesky, Amy,

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  Before she became an artist, Louise Bourgeois was an apprentice in her family's tapestry shop, where her mother was a weaver of tapestries.

• Basquiat

  a Graphic Novel

  Parisi, Paolo, 1980-

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  Cool, talented and transgressive, Jean-Michel Basquiat's life is just as fascinating as the work he produced.

• Sophie Crumb

  Evolution of a Crazy Artist

  Crumb, Sophie,

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  Two legendary underground comics artists track the artistic and psychological development of their only child through her drawings from her earliest scribbles, through the fantasy world of her childhood, and adolescent rebellion, to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Niki De Saint Phalle

  the Garden of Secrets

  Domnok, 1962-

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  Niki de Saint Phalle knew art could save the world because art saved her ... From madness, from violence ... Even from herself.

• Frida Kahlo

  An Illustrated Life

  Hesse, María,

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  "Introduces English-language readers to Kahlo's life, from her childhood and the accident that would mark her personality and her artwork, to her complicated love for Diego Rivera and the fierce determination that drove her to become a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Andy

  a Factual Fairytale : the Life and Times of Andy Warhol

  Typex,

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  From the 32 canvas Campbell's Soup Cans to the Marilyn Diptych, Andy Warhol's silk-screen prints are the epitome of Pop Art: witty, gimmicky and unafraid of repetition.

• Ruth Asawa

  An Artist Takes Shape

  Nakahira, Sam, 1997-

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  This graphic biography chronicles the genesis of Ruth Asawa as an artist.

• Photographic

  the Life of Graciela Iturbide

  Quintero, Isabel,

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  Born in Mexico City in 1942, Graciela Iturbide wants to be a writer, but her conservative family has a different idea.