Small Stories of Great Artists

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「Small Stories of Great Artists」は、Anholtの人気シリーズ「Anholt's Artists」を一冊にまとめた豪華本です。
フリーダ・カーロ、レオナルド・ダ・ヴィンチ、ヴィンセント・ヴァン・ゴッホなどの偉大な芸術家たちを、当時実際にアーティストを知っていた子どもを主人公にして、彼らの目を通して芸術家の物語を語るという手法をとって絵本を描いています。

芸術家たちの歴史的な出来事に基づいており、著者自身が芸術家たちの家やスタジオを訪れ、彼らの足跡をたどり、親族にインタビューするなど、徹底的なリサーチを行っています。
例えば、モネの家を訪れたり、ピカソの「ポニーテールの少女」として有名なシルヴェット・デイヴィッド（現在のリディア・コーベット）と親しくなったりしています。

ローレンス・アンホルトは1959年にロンドンで生まれたイギリスの作家兼イラストレーターです。30年以上にわたり、200冊以上の本を30以上の言語で出版してきました。

Small Stories of Great Artists
by Laurence Anholt (Author)
Format:Hardback 336 pages
Publisher:Taschen GmbH
Imprint:Taschen GmbH
ISBN:9783836593564
Published:27 Sep 2024
Weight:1528g
Dimensions:214 x 265 x 32 (mm)
Pub. Country:Germany

Description
It’s been thirty years since Laurence Anholt began his beloved series about great artists and the real children who knew them. Since then, these classic tales of Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, and many other geniuses of Western art have provided a springboard into a lifetime’s love of art, selling millions of copies around the world. The stories have been adapted in many forms including ballet, opera, Braille editions for blind and partially sighted children, and a full-scale stage musical in Korea.

Alongside Anholt’s dazzling watercolor illustrations, this anniversary edition includes dozens of high-quality reproductions of the artists’ work, child-friendly biographies of the artists, and interactive questions for young readers. Each story is closely based on historical events and extensive research. In many cases, Anholt visited the artists’ homes and studios, walking in their footsteps and interviewing their relatives.

He was granted private access to Monet’s house in Giverny and became close friends with Sylvette David (now Lydia Corbett), Picasso’s famous Girl with a Ponytail. In order to make the artists and their worlds accessible to young readers, Anholt employs a unique device in which the events are seen through the eyes of a child protagonist who actually knew the artist. In this way, readers are able to “piggyback” through the story, and artists who might otherwise be inaccessible become humanized.

On a subconscious level, the reader absorbs many inspirational themes such as kindness, self-esteem, perseverance, creativity, and courage. Perhaps it is Anholt’s gentle storytelling or his handcrafted illustrations. Perhaps it is his love for children and passion for his subject.

One way or another, a whole generation of readers have found a lifelong love of art through his stories. And now they are passing that precious gift to their own children. The gift of art is golden.This volume features the following artists and their stories: Van Gogh and the Sunflowers, Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World, Cézanne and the Apple Boy, Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail, The Magical Garden of Claude Monet, Tell Us a Story, Papa Chagall, Degas and the Little Dancer, Leonardo and the Flying Boy.