Faith Ringgold

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists

by Mike Venezia

Meet Artist Faith Ringgold! Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that bring to life the works of renowned artists, combining poignant anecdotes with important factual information for readers (Ages 8-9).This book presents a biography of the African-American artist who created the painted story quilt, an art form that combines rich oral history with colorful paintings on quilted fabric and canvas.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, History, Biography, Childrens, African American

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

Reviews

[Wolfgang · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. I love this series of books - “Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists”.

[Barbara Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating woman and fascinating book! Her work definitely helps to understand the African American story.

[Amy the book-bat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a brief biography of the artist, Faith Ringgold. There are a lot of pictures of her growing up and of her artwork. It is a nice introduction to an artist for a younger audience, maybe middle grade. I didn't care for the cartoons, though. They didn't add anything to the information being presented and the space could have been used for better design and more images of Ms. Ringgold's works. I did think that this book did a nice job presenting her life and sharing some of her influences. It didn't shy away from some of her more controversial paintings or discussing her political activism.

[Twotwo]

ar 5.3