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An inspiring picture book biography of the artist Paul Cezanne, the painter who laid the groundwork for modern art and whom Pablo Picasso declared "the father of us all."All Cezanne wants is to be a great painter like his friends Monet, Pissarro, and Renoir. But when he shows his works, the professors, the critics, and the collectors all dismiss him: "Too flat!" "Too much paint!" "These are rough and unfinished!" Even his own pet parrot, Bisou, can't be brought to say, "Cezanne is a great painter!" And who can blame them? Cezanne doesn't care about tradition, and he doesn't follow the rules. He's painting in a way no one else has done before, creating something completely new--and he's destined to change the world of art forever.
About the Author
Amy Guglielmo is an award-winning author, artist, and arts advocate. She is the co-author of the Christopher award-winning POCKET FULL OF COLORS: The Magical World of Mary Blair Disney Artist Extraordinaire (Atheneum 2017) and How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine (Atheneum 2018) with co-author Jacqueline Tourville, and GOODNIGHT, STARRY NIGHT (Cartwheel 2019) , LOVE (Cartwheel 2020) , and the TOUCH THE ART series (Sterling 2006, 2010) with Julie Appel! She has also written CEZANNE'S PARROT (Putnam 2020) a picture book biography about artist Paul Cézanne, known as the father of modern art, who taught his pet parrot to say, "Cézanne is a great painter" and JUST BEING DALI with illustrations by Brett Helquist (Putnam 2021) .Amy currently teaches high school art in the Adirondacks and is the co-founder of Outside Art: The Plattsburgh Public Art Project. She was a finalist for the 2014 Katherine Patterson Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing and is represented by Stephen Barbara at InkWell Management. She lives with her husband on the shores of Lake Champlain where she enjoys water sports just as long as she doesn't have to get her hair wet. Follow her on twitter @amyguglielmo and Instagram @amy_guglielmo and learn more information at www.amyguglielmo.com
