Women Artists of the West - Five Portraits in Creativity and Courage

Told in a unique first-person creative nonfiction narrative, this collection profiles five important women artists who lived, worked, and created in the early years of the 20th century in the American West: Georgia O'Keefe, Maria Martinez, Dorothea Lange, Laura Gilpin, and Mary-Russell Colton.

About the author

Julie Danneberg, a third-generation Colorado native, grew up listening to stories about her grandmother, a miner's daughter, and her great-grandmother, an Irish immigrant turned miner's wife. Love of these women and their stories started her lifelong admiration of all courageous women of the West.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Danneberg
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2002
• EAN: 9781555918613
• ISBN: 978-1-55591-861-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 228 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 195 g
• Series: Notable Western Women; Notable Western Women
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Art, music