Picture Book Biographies About Artists

Picture book biographies are our favorite way to study history with our kids.

The books below are biographies all about artists.

(This printable will give you the whole list of picture book biographies – you’ll find the books about artists on page 18.)

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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art
Vincent Can’t Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky
Prairie Boy: Frank Lloyd Wright Turns the Heartland into a Home
The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
In Mary’s Garden
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson
Georgia’s Bones
The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art
Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington
Dorothea’s Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth
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