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Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony
- Author
- Lisa Rogers
- Narrator
- Mia Barron
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 25 February 2025
- Run Time
- 13 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists
What to expect
Celebrate the creative process of pioneering American abstract painter Joan Mitchell in this STEAM book, perfect for all kinds of young creators.
It’s 1983, and American artist Joan Mitchell is in her studio outside Paris, transforming her emotions and memories into a symphony of colors and shapes. Inspired by her friend’s description of an idyllic hidden valley in France, Mitchell creates 21 massive paintings—her Grande Vallée series—bursting with vibrant, energizing hues. But she doesn’t paint the valley’s flowers and meadows. She paints a feeling about them—abundance, freedom, liveliness—creating a harmonious blend of drips, splashes, and brushstrokes in rainbow colors. When the paint dries, it's time to share her valley with the world.
This inspiring, poetic book about an influential yet lesser-known American artist provides a snapshot of a creator who deserves as much acclaim as better-known Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning. Author Lisa Rogers shares both the despair and delight Mitchell experienced throughout her career, as her paintings develop from page to page.
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Details
- Author
- Lisa Rogers
- Narrator
- Mia Barron
- Duration
- 13 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9798895943038
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists
Synopsis
Celebrate the creative process of pioneering American abstract painter Joan Mitchell in this STEAM book, perfect for all kinds of young creators. It’s 1983, and American artist Joan Mitchell is in her studio outside Paris, transforming her emotions and memories into a symphony of colors and shapes. Inspired by her friend’s description of an idyllic hidden valley in France, Mitchell creates 21 massive paintings—her Grande Vallée series—bursting with vibrant, energizing hues. But she doesn’t paint the valley’s flowers and meadows. She paints a feeling about them—abundance, freedom, liveliness—creating a harmonious blend of drips, splashes, and brushstrokes in rainbow colors. When the paint dries, it's time to share her valley with the world. This inspiring, poetic book about an influential yet lesser-known American artist provides a snapshot of a creator who deserves as much acclaim as better-known Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock or Willem de Kooning. Author Lisa Rogers shares both the despair and delight Mitchell experienced throughout her career, as her paintings develop from page to page.
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