Artists

• About this book
• Chapter 1. Imagined artists
• Shisi saw colors
• Gustaf painted walls
• Sheila doodled large
• Joe imitated the masters
• Ali’s eyes had been opened
• Chapter 2. Impressions
• Claude worked stubbornly
• Claude understood the difference
• Vincent appreciated cartoons
• A storm raged in Vincent’s eyes
• Paul appreciated the natural
• Chapter 3. Hokusai and Horoshige
• Katsushika rode a dragon
• Katsushika penetrated secret meanings
• Andō refined each scene
• Mount Fuji rose above Andō’s frame
• Andō saw lines at Kanagawa-juku
• Chapter 4. Self portraits
• Vincent gave himself for his art
• Rembrandt was worried
• Pablo painted himself without a brush
• Frida worked with what she had
• Katsushika drew an old man in black ink
• Chapter 5. Americana
• Boatmen on the Missouri
• Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
• Clam digger
• American Gothic
• Nighthawks
• Chapter 6. Contemporary
• Leonard painted quickly
• Jim scorned photographic realism
• Brice learned to think in paint
• Geri didn’t need to impress anyone
• Katherine was an artist
• Chapter 7. Bauhaus
• Lyonel saw planes of light
• Paul struggled with color
• Wassily reached for inner beauty
• László made art machines
• Josef made homage to the square
• Chapter 8. Illustrators
• William was uncategorizable
• John’s usual subjects weren’t innocent
• Arthur’s detail made goblins real
• Maxfield painted over the private parts
• Maybe Norman understood
• Chapter 9. Printmakers
• E. S. loved the process
• Michael improved the art
• Martin copied and was copied
• Albrecht had no love for his wife
• Maurits became obsessed with tessellations
• Chapter 10. Dream artists
• Robert felt the power of creation
• Sean felt like an imposter
• Sally saw things
• Tim drew before he could talk
• Sue had vivid dreams