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Beautiful shades of brown : the art of Laura Wheeler Waring / by Nancy Churnin ; illustrated by Felicia Marshall.

Author: Churnin, Nancy, author.

ImprintBerkeley, California : Creston Books, LLC, [2020]

Imprint2020

Description1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Target AudienceAges 7-11.

Note:"Growing up in the late 19th century, Laura Wheeler Waring didn't see any artists who looked like her. She didn't see any paintings of people who looked like her, either. So when she was offered a commission to paint portraits of accomplished African Americans, she jumped at the chance. Writers, singers, political activists, and thinkers all posed for her. Now her portraits hang in Washington, D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery, where children of all races can admire the beautiful shades of brown she captured."



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Author:
Churnin, Nancy, author.
Subject:
Waring, Laura Wheeler, 1887-1948.
Subject:
Portrait painters -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women artists -- Juvenile literature.
Women artists -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans in art -- Juvenile literature.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Biographies.
Picture books.
Contributor
Marshall, Felicia, illustrator.