Artists in Profile Series
Published by Heinemann Library
Key Stage 3

This beautifully illustrated and written series, Artists in Profile published by Heinemann Library, is an ideal introduction for children to various styles and concepts in art.

The books are written in and easy to understand way and are copiously illustrated.

After an introduction to the particular genre explored in the particular book, the lives and work of notable artists are then examined. Each book contains a timeline, glossary and bibliography as well as an index.

Artists in Profile: Abstract Expressionists
by Rachel Barnes
ISBN: 0431116504
Price: £11.99
Age range: 11 to 14

We have probably all heard of Jackson Pollack but how many people know the names of Lee Krasner or Arshile Gorky? Artists in Profile: Abstract Expressionists examines these and other artists with illustrations of their work.

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Artists in Profile: Post Impressionists
by Linda Bolton
ISBN: 0431116415
Price: £11.99
Age range: 11 to 14

This book in the series examines the lives and work of artists like Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh and Georges Seurat amongst many others.

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Artists in Profile: Surrealists
by Linda Bolton
ISBN: 0431116520
Price: £11.99
Age range: 11 to 14

Salvador Dali is probably the most famous Surrealist painter but there were many other artists who were masters of the genre including René Magritte, Joan Miró and Max Ernst. The lives and work of these and others are explored in this book.

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