How to Love the Whole World
A Story About Artist Agnes Martin (A Picture Book)
$27.99
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
3 April 2025
Summary
A powerful, poetic picture book biography about artist Agnes Martin and how she painted to show her love for the world
How to Love the Whole World is a powerful, poetic picture book biography about fine artist Agnes Martin and how she painted to show her love for the world from international art scholar Henry Martin and author/illustrator Shelley Hampe.
Like her contemporary Georgia O’Keeffe, Agnes was deeply inspired by the New Mexican landscape and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781949480535 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1949480534 |
| Author: | Henry Martin, Shelley Hampe |
| Publisher: | Cameron & Company Inc |
| Imprint: | Cameron & Company Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 3 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 229mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
Critics Review
STARRED REVIEW
“Martin’s sensorial lines and Hampe’s pale mixed-media illustrations quietly capture the spirit of the art of Agnes Martin”
[R]apturous prose…Emotionally rich * Kirkus Reviews *
The focus throughout is on Martin’s art and her changing emotions, putting her struggles with mental health in a relatable form for children. The illustrations …convey Martin’s style beautifully. * Booklist *
The text is spacious, its spareness making this picture book less a detailed account of Martin’s life and more a reflection of a restrained approach to creative work. * Horn Book Magazine *
Henry Martin
Henry Martin is a writer, lecturer, researcher, the author of Agnes Martin: Pioneer, Painter, Icon, and narrator of the award-winning documentary Agnes Martin: Before the Grid. Henry’s scholarly focus includes 20th-century American women art dealers, biography studies, as well as the history of exhibitions, art collections, and museums. He has written on art history for Phaidon, among others. Recently he was a Fulbright Creative Fellow at the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian, and is currently a visiting doctoral student at the University of Oxford. He is based in the United Kingdom.
Shelley Hampe is an author-illustrator based in Dallas, Texas. She illustrated the Merlin Raj series and has collaborated with professionals from Harvard University to illustrate a groundbreaking social-emotional learning program developed for children. Henry and Shelley met over their shared loved of Agnes Martin and created How to Love the Whole World, their debut picture book, together.
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