Discover Her Art: Women Artists and Their Masterpieces

"An inclusive, easy-to-read guidebook to women artists." -- Publishers Weekly.

"A must for art history curriculum and to diversify biography shelves." --School Library Journal.

Discover Her Art invites young art lovers and artists to learn about painting through the lives and masterpieces of 24 women from the 16th to the 20th century.

In each chapter, readers arrive at a masterwork, explore it with an artist's eye, and learn about the painter's remarkable life and the inspirations behind her work. Young artists will discover how these 24 amazing women used composition, color, value, shape, and line in paintings that range from highly realistic to fully abstract. Hands-on exercises encourage readers to create their own art!

Whether you love to make art or just look at it, you will enjoy discovering the great work of these women artists.


Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781641606141
Age: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/10/2022
School Library Journal 02/01/2022 pg. 95
Booklist 02/15/2022 pg. 44

About the Author
Jean Leibowitz is a portrait and landscape artist who uses traditional painting and drawing approaches in her art. She lives in Portland, Maine. Lisa LaBanca Rogers is an elementary school librarian and the award-winning author of 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and "The Red Wheelbarrow" and Hound Won't Go. She regularly writes about art and artists for various magazine publications. She lives in Boston.