Author: Wanda Gág
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions.

Author: Audur H. Winnan
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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"One of the most praised printmakers of the 1920s and 1930s, Wanda Gag (1893-1946) produced an inventive body of work dealing with the forces of nature and infusing everyday objects with special character and energy. Her work reflects her Minnesota childhood, her Bohemian immigrant roots, and her self-image as a New Woman. Continually struggling with the financial and personal demands of her artistic career, Gag was, ironically, most famous for Millions of Cats (1928), one of her illustrated children's books." "Presenting the first catalogue raisonne of Gag's prints, Audur H. Winnan includes 196 lithographs, wood engravings, linoleum cuts, etchings, and study drawings. Among the featured prints are the well-known Lamplight, Elevated Station, Grandma's Kitchen, Grandma's Parlor, and Stone Crusher. Gag's media and methods are described, often in the artist's own words, including her unusual use of sandpaper as a matrix for lithographs and as a support for brush-and-ink drawings and watercolors. Also featuring many of her watercolors and drawings, the book traces each step of Gag's career and her role in the New York art world." "Winnan completes her portrait with selections from Gag's expressive diaries and letters. With extraordinary candor the artist describes her intimate personal thoughts and experiences and her friendships and encounters with many notable artists and other personalities, including Adolf Dehn, Lewis Gannett, Howard Cook, Rockwell Kent, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe, Diego Rivera, Alfred Stieglitz, John Taylor Arms, and Carl Zigrosser. Throughout her personal writings, Gag reflected on her career, the restrictions placed on women by society, and her sexual desires. Wanda Gag reveals both the internationally recognized artist who drew inspiration from van Gogh and Cezanne, and the vibrant, erotic woman who admitted to being amazed by her own passions."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author: Wanda Gág
Publisher: Coward McCann
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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The Funny Thing is an "aminal" who eats nothing but dolls until the good little man of the mountains gets him to taste the jum jills.

Author: Wanda Gág
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452907024
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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The picture-story of an invisible dog who gradually becomes visible.

Author: Brothers Grimm
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473384265
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185

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This edition of Tales from Grimm is a fantastic selection of 16 stories, decorated with Wanda Gág’s splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as ‘The Frog Prince’, ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘The Valiant Little Tailor’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Snow White’, and ‘Rumpelstiltskin’. Wanda Gág (1893 – 1946), was an American artist, author, translator and illustrator, who won many awards for her intricate and ethereal black-and-white drawings. She was fascinated by the work of the Brothers Grimm, and translated and illustrated four volumes of their work. The Brothers Grimm (or Die Brüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors – who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the nineteenth century. The popularity of their collected ‘Tales from Grimm’ has endured well; they have been translated into more than 100 languages, and remain in print in the present day. Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s literature – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration from the 1880s to the 1930s. Our collection showcases classic fairy tales, children’s stories, and the work of some of the most celebrated artists, illustrators and authors.

Author: Deborah Kogan Ray
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780670062928
Category : Illustrators
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Gag's diary, written when she was a teenager, reveal the two most important parts of her life -- her art and her family. Ages 5 and up.

Author: Wanda Gág
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452907017
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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A Newbery Honor Book (1934) An unfortunate accident with an Apple drives Bunny from Bunnyland to Elsewhere. Every letter in the alphabet is represented in Bunny’s journey, through what he eats (Greens), to whom he meets (Insects, Jay, Kitten, Lizard), and then a little sleep (Nap), to Tripping back to town, right side Up and Up-side-down. The creation of The ABC Bunny was a Gág family affair, with sister Flavia composing the “ABC Song,” included in this faithful edition; brother Howard penning the lettering; and Wanda writing and illustrating the story.

Author: Wanda Gág
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 9780873511735
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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Wanda Gág rose from poverty in small-town Minnesota to international fame in the 1920s as the author of the children's classic, Millions of Cats. Her early diaries, first published in 1940, are the touching, often humorous record of her youth and her struggles to develop her talent.

Author: Barbara Shook Hazen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apprentices
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Instead of learning to use magic wisely, the sorcerer's apprentice wants to use it to get out of doing chores.

Author:
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452906560
Category : Childrens books
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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The story of a man who wanted to do housework.