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Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews

Kathleen Benson

This picture-book biography follows Benny Andrews from a childhood spent drawing his family, fieldwork, red earth, crops, and rural homes to an artistic life in Chicago and New York City. At art school, he drew jazz performers and the school’s janitors; in Harlem, he drew the people and emotions he observed. His work remained rooted in childhood scenes and people in his present life, including civil rights protests. The account also notes Andrews’s work as an artist, activist, author, and teacher, including teaching children displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

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Themes
Activism · Art And Creativity · Family · Racism And Prejudice · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-13
9780544104877
Language
English
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