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Delicious: The Art and Life of Wayne Thiebaud

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Kids in grades 4-6 will relish this colorful biography - just over a hundred pages in length - of one Wayne Thiebaud, an artist whose food paintings have come to represent not only food but 20th century American art as a whole. From gum machines and paint cans to stadiums, Thiebaud's art representations captured and depicted popular American culture, and DELICIOUS reviews his life, influences, achievements and art forms with an eye to exploring his lasting impact. Any library strong in colorful biographies for kids will find this a pick that lends to leisure browsing as well as report assignment.

This is a nicely produced little book with clear text, but if you are looking for some of the famous food paintings by Thiebaud, you won't find them in here.

An absolutely "delicious" study of a contemporary painter, how he makes art, and what art does, packaged in a wonderfully designed book that young people (and pretty much anyone else) will enjoy.

This books does give good facts, but it seems it was written for someone who has the reading capacity of a first grader. In addition, many of his artworks are not included within the book.

I bought this book so I could share it with my students k-7. The students were able to flip through the book and learn about the artist and gather inspiration from the colored pictures and quotations.

My art students and I love this book. It is simple to read, great pictures and intersting. I cannot wait to read more books by Susan Goldman Rubin.