Fowler Public Library

"The true story of Vinnie Ream's courage and persistence in the service of art, and in the service of a friend."--Dust jacket, front flap. This book tells the story of Vinnie Ream, an aspiring artist living in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War, who gained a reputation as a sculptor and succeeded in persuading President Abraham Lincoln to sit for her.

"From the author of Arshile Gorky, a major biography of the great American sculptor that redefines his legacy"--

A biography of the sculptor of the buffalo nickel, who grew up in the Dakota Territory where Sioux children were his playmates, buffalo robes were his blankets, and the town whittler was his art teacher.

For over twenty years I sculpted in wood and when a fire destroyed the work, my career as a carver came to an abrupt end. Even though friends and family assured me I'd soon resume carving, I knew I wouldn't for, besides the physical loss of the pieces, the fire also effectively stifled my creative impulse. I felt myself physically stripped, sliding about on a glassy surface with no grips to grab, no toe holds to catch, but falling, sliding, blaming...

"Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series of books to keep and collect, created in full collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can see what they saw and be inspired to create your own artworks too. In What the Artist Saw: Louise Bourgeois, meet famous French American painter, printmaker, and sculptor Louise Bourgeois....