"Be inspired by these stories of imaginative, strong-minded and fearless women artists"
March 2022 Non-Fiction Book of the Month
Here’s another brilliantly presented and engaging book from Kate Pankhurst. Typically accessible and readable, Fantastically Great Women Artists introduces eight inspiring women artists plus one culture-changing female collector (Peggy Guggenheim). They lived at different times and came from different countries and backgrounds, but all these women were talented and ready to stand up to those who told them they shouldn’t or couldn’t be artists. Young readers may have come across Frida Kahlo, one of the greats included, but are much less likely to have heard of Amrita Sher-Gil, Elisabeth Le Brun, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Faith Ringgold, Kathe Kollwitz or Dame Laura Knight. Pankhurst tells their stories through lively text, fully integrated with illustrations which carry even more information and insight, so that readers get a very vivid sense both of the lives of these women and of the art they produced or, in Guggenheim’s case, promoted. We understand the worlds they lived in, just how much hostility they faced, and why it mattered to them to create the work they did. This is so much more than a book about the women featured, it’s about history and art and women’s rights – everyone should buy a copy.
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Over half of all the visual artists working today are women, but the paintings and sculptures shown in many galleries and museums tell a different story because they're usually the work of men.
In this book Kate Pankhurst, descendent of Emmeline Pankhurst, tells the fascinating stories of some of history's most talented female artists.
Express your feelings and find your identity through art with Frida Kahlo. Run away to the circus and paint with Laura Knight. Help bring talented artists into the spotlight with Peggy Guggenheim. Challenge racism and segregation by creating powerful art with Faith Ringgold.
Including comic strips, family trees, maps and more, Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories is a celebration of just some of the women whose creativity and dreams have made a mark on the world.
A fantastic gift for girls and boys alike!
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories features in the following genres: Art and Design, Educational: Arts, general, Educational material, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, History, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, People / Places, PSHE: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Inclusion, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), True Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Featured Books for 7+ readers
Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories is available in Paperback
Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories was written by Kate Pankhurst and published by Bloomsbury Childrens Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories has 179 pages
Yes it is part of Fantastically Great Women series
£7.19
