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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 5–8—Bellows, an early-20th-century genre painter, is hardly a household name, but Burleigh tells his story with enthusiasm in this well-written biography. As a young man, Bellows left his hometown in Ohio and headed for New York to follow his dream of becoming an artist. In art school he studied under Robert Henri, who encouraged h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Burleigh relates Bellows's life, from his childhood in Ohio through his career in New York City as a painter of the Ashcan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More