The Little Land, mixed media on board (also available as an archival pigment print), 12.5 x 12" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ezra Jack Keats (March 11, 1916 - May 6, 1983) , Caldecott-winning author of The Snowy Day, was one of the giants of 20th Century children's literature. Perhaps only Maurice Sendak has had as great an influence on picture book illustration. Keats is best known for introducing multiculturalism into mainstream American children's literature. He was one of the first children's book authors to use an urban setting for his stories and he developed the use of collage as a medium for illustration. The original artwork for Keats' picture books are all housed at the De Grummond Children's Literature Collection. But throughout his life Ezra remained a fine artist as well as an illustrator. In conjunction with the current exhibition The Snowy Day and theArt of Ezra Jack Keats [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0015AnLxGuCPN7uHyGN7HG7T9CPVx8JLKphr6YxlPNcXWr8MDRMr9DT5RtCVfR1fOiAVcHVeATIvkiqqJFvL1NbY3ae076_FI2FgovqONKH86arwcVxJlVBrhI6uD-nbICtZzHDrK5Ii-j8004X9oqR0VLAwZyq_DQL] at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, R. Michelson Galleries is pleased to present a selection of early drawings and sketches by Keats, some of which were studies completed as early as 1949 during his time in Paris. Peter, the African-American child portrayed in The Snowy Day would go on to appear in six more books, growing from a small boy in The Snowy Day to adolescence in Pet Show. For the first time, in conjunction with the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0015AnLxGuCPN5p4mCtkdbHahoK_qoG3BUwSC3Dy9ZpJ9dVHyqEG7yXoX2TGycCKNjGfk6FUqsMFq5_pSZXApsyfAGK1MBbWlYF87dklmL9SeW49yej6DPSuw==] we are offering a limited edition print of Peter, reading and dreaming, as his imagination takes him to The Land of Play. The Little Land When at home alone I sit And am very tired of it, I have just to shut my eyes To go sailing through the skies-- To go sailing far away To the pleasant Land of Play. --Robert Louis Stevenson-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country Road, watercolor on paper, 15 x 22" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See more of Keat's work... [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0015AnLxGuCPN4GDvPNEXWXuhZj4c-J82nTlj5y1pdJRj33OYeoHxIlNGrHoeEUsbVpx8fMHogsJdgFuYs6EVFLlL8KflTBtZBcTOXL9AvY30-VJYobJp2gABGGvBTJ54odtqfSkSIYr4brknSzoDRdiSpMhnRBK3XGRor2jxExf7k=] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About R. Michelson Galleries For over 30 years, R. Michelson Galleries has been acknowledged as a leader in discovering and nurturing the careers of many of our country's best known figurative artists. Art originally exhibited in our galleries now hangs in many of the most prestigious museums in America, including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Art Institute of Chicago. We are proud to be the first American art gallery to feature the art of children's book illustration alongside and on an equal footing with the more traditional fine arts. R. Michelson Galleries is located in Northampton, Massachusetts, the #1 art town in America, in which "the most prominent visual arts space is R. Michelson Galleries." - John Villani, The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America
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