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Beautiful shades of brown the art of Laura Wheeler Waring

"Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, sin...

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Main Author: Churnin, Nancy (Author)
Other Authors: Marshall, Felicia (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, California : Creston Books, [2020]
Subjects:
Waring, Laura Wheeler, > 1887-1948 > Juvenile nonfiction.
African American women artists > Juvenile nonfiction.
Women artists > Juvenile nonfiction.
African Americans in art > Juvenile nonfiction.
Biographies > Juvenile.
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Summary:"Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all races can admire the beautiful shades of brown she captured."-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience:Ages 7-11.
ISBN:9781939547651
1939547652
Author Notes:Nancy Churnin is the author of many children's books, including Martin & Anne, Sydney Taylor Notable Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing, and the Sydney Taylor Honor Book Dear Mr. Dickens . She is a full-time writer living in Texas. Felicia Marshall draws on her childhood experiences in rural Texas for her illustrations. Her most recent book, Beautiful Shades of Brown, was an NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book, a Eureka Honor Book, and won the Northern Lights Book Award.

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