Painting in the dark : Esref Armagan, blind artist / by Rachelle Burk ; illustrated by Claudia Gadotti.
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TextPublisher: Boston, MA : Tumblehome Learning, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 29 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 x 28 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781943431144; 1943431140Subject(s): Armagan, Esref -- Juvenile literature | Blind artists -- Turkey -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureSummary: ART: GENERAL INTEREST (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). In 1953, Esref Armagan was born completely blind to a poor family in Istanbul, Turkey. He received no formal education, and spent his childhood days in his father's shop where he developed the curiousity to create and draw. He experienced the world through touch, and learned to visually reproduce his surroundings, including color, shadows, and perspective, with his hands. The blind artist's story will be an inspiration to young artists of all abilities. Ages 9+
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Junior Non Fiction | J 759.9561 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111068537305 |
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ART: GENERAL INTEREST (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). In 1953, Esref Armagan was born completely blind to a poor family in Istanbul, Turkey. He received no formal education, and spent his childhood days in his father's shop where he developed the curiousity to create and draw. He experienced the world through touch, and learned to visually reproduce his surroundings, including color, shadows, and perspective, with his hands. The blind artist's story will be an inspiration to young artists of all abilities. Ages 9+
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