women artists

A letter from Beatrix Potter to a young friend who is ill marks the origin of her famous tales.

Profiles eight notable women in the arts, including sculptor Louise Nevelson, photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, and painter Mary Cassatt.

Showcases 108 fine artists' books from the collection held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., each with comments from the artist, and includes introductory essays.

Presents a full-color illustrated collection of paintings and sculptures by women artists from the Renaissance period to the turn of the twenty-first century and provides profiles of their lives and works.

Highlights the works, words, and lives of twenty-four women artists who are painting, sculpting, welding, and creating a place for themselves in the art world.

Photographs and text present the lives and works of four pioneering women artists: Mary Cassatt, Leonora Carrington, Betye Saar, and Mary Frank.

Presents a short biography of nineteenth-century England author, Helen Beatrix Potter, and describes her lonely childhood, love of drawing, and how she came about to write her famous story of Peter Rabbit.