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Jan Greenberg

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Jan Greenberg is an award-winning author celebrated for her books about art and artists. Her collaborations with Sandra Jordan include Action Jackson and Christo and Jean-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond, both honored for excellence in nonfiction. Vincent Van Gogh, Portrait of an Artist earned a Sibert Honor and became a Common Core text exemplar. She later co-authored Ballet for Martha and The Mad Potter, each receiving starred reviews and Sibert Honors. In 2013, she and Jordan received the Children’s Book Guild Award. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. ...more

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Andy Warhol : Prince of Pop
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Chuck Close: Up Close
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“When Louise worried bout something, it often turned up in her art.”
― Jan Greenberg, Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois
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“My inspiration comes from the beauty of the past. That's where I am completely omnipotent. -Louise Bourgeois”
― Jan Greenberg, Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois
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“Instead of tall and angular shapes regarded as masculine and aggressive, she now turned to soft, rounded forms identified as female or nurturing.”
― Jan Greenberg, Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois
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