Picture Books About Artists

1.
The Noisy Paint Box
The Noisy Paint Box 4.16 avg rating — 4,441 ratings
2.
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse 4.05 avg rating — 1,940 ratings
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin 3.88 avg rating — 5,302 ratings
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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat 3.95 avg rating — 5,757 ratings
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Frida
Frida 4.17 avg rating — 1,443 ratings
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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave 4.13 avg rating — 5,535 ratings
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The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid 4.18 avg rating — 1,211 ratings
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The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse 3.93 avg rating — 2,635 ratings
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Viva Frida
Viva Frida 3.81 avg rating — 3,132 ratings
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The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau 4.18 avg rating — 688 ratings
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Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression
Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression 3.67 avg rating — 363 ratings
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Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth
Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth 4.17 avg rating — 491 ratings
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Brush of the Gods
Brush of the Gods 3.96 avg rating — 600 ratings
14.
My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter
My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter 3.95 avg rating — 332 ratings
15.
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines 4.34 avg rating — 916 ratings
16.
Henri's Scissors
Henri's Scissors 4.03 avg rating — 878 ratings
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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours 3.87 avg rating — 717 ratings
18.
Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O'Keeffe Painted What She Pleased
Georgia in Hawaii: When Georgia O'Keeffe Painted What She Pleased 3.81 avg rating — 495 ratings
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Vincent's Colors
Vincent's Colors 4.21 avg rating — 525 ratings
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Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol
Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol 4.07 avg rating — 368 ratings
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Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America 4.16 avg rating — 945 ratings
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An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers
An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers 4.02 avg rating — 200 ratings
23.
Wanda Gág: The Girl Who Lived to Draw
Wanda Gág: The Girl Who Lived to Draw 4.21 avg rating — 179 ratings
24.
Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box
Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box 3.89 avg rating — 296 ratings
25.
Seen Art?
Seen Art? 4.11 avg rating — 887 ratings
26.
When Pigasso Met Mootisse
When Pigasso Met Mootisse 3.98 avg rating — 765 ratings
27.
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras 4.10 avg rating — 2,402 ratings
28.
Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews
Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews 3.78 avg rating — 225 ratings
29.
Just Behave, Pablo Picasso!
Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! 3.85 avg rating — 398 ratings
30.
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist 3.89 avg rating — 536 ratings
31.
Magritte's Marvelous Hat
Magritte's Marvelous Hat 3.91 avg rating — 694 ratings
32.
Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder
Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder 4.03 avg rating — 429 ratings
32.
Mr. Matisse and His Cutouts
Mr. Matisse and His Cutouts 3.79 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Matisse's Garden
Matisse's Garden 4.32 avg rating — 244 ratings
34.
Draw!
Draw! 3.95 avg rating — 1,545 ratings
36.
Through Georgia's Eyes
Through Georgia's Eyes 3.75 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire
Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire 4.39 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
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Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos
Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos 4.12 avg rating — 1,283 ratings
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Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter
Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter 4.13 avg rating — 204 ratings
40.
Hokusai: The Man Who Painted a Mountain
Hokusai: The Man Who Painted a Mountain 3.97 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Vinnie and Abraham
Vinnie and Abraham 4.14 avg rating — 65 ratings
42.
Georgia's Bones
Georgia's Bones 3.82 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter
Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter 3.64 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Me, Frida
Me, Frida 3.88 avg rating — 585 ratings
45.
Mr. Cornell's Dream Boxes
Mr. Cornell's Dream Boxes 3.60 avg rating — 216 ratings
46.
Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch
Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch 4.13 avg rating — 450 ratings
47.
Da Vinci (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Da Vinci (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.24 avg rating — 288 ratings
47.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
49.
Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.16 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
51.
My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey
My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey 4.03 avg rating — 177 ratings
51.
Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art
Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art 4.30 avg rating — 87 ratings
51.
Van Gogh (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Van Gogh (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.10 avg rating — 335 ratings
51.
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian 3.91 avg rating — 706 ratings
55.
Pierre Auguste Renoir (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Pierre Auguste Renoir (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.04 avg rating — 84 ratings
55.
A Storm of Horses
A Storm of Horses 4.20 avg rating — 71 ratings
57.
Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.11 avg rating — 348 ratings
58.
Picasso (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Picasso (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.13 avg rating — 266 ratings
58.
Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing
Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing 3.92 avg rating — 222 ratings
60.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe 3.89 avg rating — 461 ratings
60.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo 4.10 avg rating — 210 ratings
62.
Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South
Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings
62.
Mary Cassatt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Mary Cassatt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.20 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington
Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington 3.95 avg rating — 257 ratings
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It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
by: Don Tate
4.07 avg rating — 431 ratings
65.
Jackson Pollock (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Jackson Pollock (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.16 avg rating — 116 ratings
65.
Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art
Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art 3.71 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 3.94 avg rating — 104 ratings
69.
Andy Warhol (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Andy Warhol (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 3.86 avg rating — 118 ratings
69.
The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook
The Bird King: An Artist's Notebook
by: Shaun Tan
4.32 avg rating — 1,792 ratings
71.
Edgar Degas (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Edgar Degas (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 3.99 avg rating — 94 ratings
72.
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí 3.98 avg rating — 96 ratings
73.
Edward Hopper Paints His World
Edward Hopper Paints His World 4.02 avg rating — 429 ratings
73.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe 4.15 avg rating — 172 ratings
75.
Giotto (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Giotto (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.38 avg rating — 40 ratings
76.
Johannes Vermeer (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Johannes Vermeer (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings
77.
Norman Rockwell (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Norman Rockwell (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) 4.16 avg rating — 61 ratings
78.
Action Jackson
Action Jackson 3.90 avg rating — 452 ratings
78.
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 4.33 avg rating — 2,024 ratings
80.
Snowflake Bentley
Snowflake Bentley 4.13 avg rating — 16,412 ratings
81.
The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
The Magical Garden of Claude Monet 4.17 avg rating — 522 ratings
82.
Hands: Growing up to Be an Artist
Hands: Growing up to Be an Artist 4.20 avg rating — 275 ratings
83.
Me and Uncle Romie: A Story Inspired by the Life and Art of Romare Beardon
Me and Uncle Romie: A Story Inspired by the Life and Art of Romare Beardon 4.25 avg rating — 127 ratings
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In Mary's Garden
In Mary's Garden 3.86 avg rating — 406 ratings
85.
Vincent van Gogh and the Colors of the Wind
Vincent van Gogh and the Colors of the Wind 3.79 avg rating — 91 ratings
85.
Josefina
Josefina 3.47 avg rating — 59 ratings
87.
Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity
Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity 3.93 avg rating — 441 ratings
87.
Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey
Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey 4.33 avg rating — 81 ratings
89.
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing 4.24 avg rating — 834 ratings
89.
Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story
Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story 4.27 avg rating — 402 ratings
91.
The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan
The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan 3.68 avg rating — 63 ratings
92.
Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer
Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer 4.17 avg rating — 151 ratings
93.
Frida Kahlo (Little People, BIG DREAMS, #2)
Frida Kahlo (Little People, BIG DREAMS, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,758 ratings
94.
Roy's House
Roy's House 3.46 avg rating — 67 ratings
95.
Leonardo and the Flying Boy
Leonardo and the Flying Boy 4.02 avg rating — 326 ratings
96.
Monet Paints a Day
Monet Paints a Day 3.84 avg rating — 182 ratings
97.
A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison
A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison 4.04 avg rating — 70 ratings
98.
Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem: A Picture Book
Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem: A Picture Book 3.83 avg rating — 174 ratings
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A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa
A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa 4.07 avg rating — 302 ratings