Draw what you see
Subtitle: the life and art of Benny Andrews
By: by Kathleen Benson ; illustrated with paintings by Benny Andrews
Contributors: Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006, ill; Andrews, Benny, 19320-2006
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780544104877
Subjects: Juvenile literature; African Americans; African American artists; Biography; Artists
Description: A love of art and dreams of a life beyond that of his sharecropper parents allowed Benny Andrews to escape the poverty and social injustices of the rural south and become a groundbreaking visual artist, author, activist, and teacher who is widely considered to be one of the most important African-American painters of the twentieth century. This moving picture book, gorgeously illustrated with Andrews' own work, tells his story.

Benny's dream took him far from the rural Georgia of his childhood. One of the most important African American painters of the twentieth century, he opened doors for other artists of color.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 29).

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