I Know an Artist

A lovely introduction to a large group of artist.Excellent essays beautiful illustrations art work.This would make a perfect gift for art lovers.or as an introduction to these artists.#netgalley #quartobooks

This is a wonderful anthology of artists throughout history. Each is represented with information about their work, complimented with a portrait. It's a must have for anyone interested in are history.

Thank you NetGalley for my arc. Loved learning all the fun facts and how artists are tied together! The illustrations were very cool too.

I Know an Artist
written by Susie Hodge
illustrated b y Sarah Papworth

Over 80 artists are showcased in this informative book about artists and their connections with one another. Have you ever wondered if two artists might have known or influenced one another? This book has some of that information as well as a bit about the artists and the type of artwork they produced. There were a number of new-to-me artists from all over the world. There were artists from the past and more current ones as well. The illustrations are interesting and simply reflect the artists’ work. I did feel at times that I would have liked to have a reference nearby that had the artists true portraits or at least a few of their works of art to look at.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group-While Lion for the ARC – This is my honest review.

3-4 Stars

I really liked this book. It was informativeand entertainin. thanks to the publisher and netgalley for the arc

An inspiring and informative introduction to a wide range of artists. I loved that the book incorporated house-hold name such as Monet and Frida Kahlo s as well as lesser-known artists, such as Lois Mailou Jones, Amrita Sher-GIL, Yayoi Kusama and Mary Cassatt.

It would be even better if the book suggested art works to look up (for each artist).

The illustrations are gorgeous. However, as there are no illustrations of the actual art works it would be great if the text suggested famous works by the artist so the reader could go and look them up. However, the lack of illustrations made me go and google the artist to see their work, so the book does encourage further study, which can only be a good thing!

I loved the concept of this book and eagerly read through the list of artists who are subjects of this volume. However, despite repeated attempts, the book would not fully download. Such a shame as it looked wonderful!

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Here 84 artists are showcased in order to reveal fascinating connections between them.
Thanks to this book I had the chance to read about my favourite artists and discovering new ones. And this was something I really appreciated.
One thing I did not like very much was that at times there weren't the artists' true portraits or some of their works to look at.
Despite that, I think that if you are an art lover this book could open your eyes and make you discover new things.

This would make the perfect coffee table book for even the most casual art lover. The short descriptions of each artist packed with information paired with delightful illustrations make this a fun stop and go read.

My sister has an art degree and has tried to school me in art knowledge for years. I now have a bit more foundation to fit her outpouring facts upon.

Thank you to NetGalley and White Lion Publishing for a free digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

This is so great. I love how all artists are connected in some way or another. Be it who they knew, who they encountered, or my favorite, how one was influenced by the other.

This is a wonderful book for girls and one that should be on school library shelves. I learned a few things I didn’t know and I honestly felt rather inspired and motivated as an artist after reading!

Featuring over 80 artists and coming in at just under 200 pages, this book is definitely more of an introduction than a comprehensive look at any particular artist or style. The book starts with a random artist and then randomly leap-frogs around based on who that artist knew, exhibited with, or was inspired by. It's definitely not a format that lends itself to deep study or even long term retention of knowledge, but it has a lot of fun facts and talked about a lot of artists I had never heard of before so I did find it very enjoyable overall. It's definitely more of a coffee table book than anything else, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

One thing I really loved about this in particular is that it included a lot of female artists. I think that literally about half of all artists featured were women, which is definitely something you have to make an intentional effort to do in a profession that was so long dominated by men. I think it helps that most artists featured are from the mid 1800s to today, but it was still nice to see and I also appreciated that it often talked about their struggles finding people to teach them or places that would display their work etc.

A very interesting and entertaining book. It introduced me to so many artists, some I'd heard of, some whose names I didn't know but recognized their work, and some I was previously unaware of. Each artist has a short bio and overview of their career, and a link to the next artist covered. The illustrations in the book are cool, but be prepared to do a lot of googling, as there are no photos of the artists or their work. At first this kind of bothered me, but to be honest, I would've been googling like mad anyway, so I got over that quickly. A great book for any artist and/or art lover.

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Featuring over 80 artists, this book is a nice introduction to a variety of influential artists. What's interesting about it is that it presents this information in a unique way; rather than going in chronological order or by movement, it jumps from artists to artists based on their connections to each other. It's an interesting way to discover new facts and start diving into artists you're not familiar with. The book itself is also visually appealing. I think this will be particularly popular with older kids and teenagers in my art education library.

I love art.

I love stories of interconnectivity.

I love books that contain stories that serve as jumping off points so that my students can conduct deeper research into the subject they just learned about.

This book combines all those things in a pretty little package, which is always a plus!