Latino visions

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John Berger

"The principal action in A Painter of Our Time takes place across a stretch of some four years in the life of the fictional Hungarian painter Janos Lavin. The story is told in part by Lavin’s friend John, who resembles John Berger in several ways--not least in his being an art critic during this period--and who has discovered Lavin’s journal in the latter’s studio after his return to Budapest in October, 1956. The text alternates between passages from the journal and the interpolations of John, who fills in the gaps, narrating more fully the events surrounding the reflections recorded in the journal"--Summary taken from enotes website.

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Jennifer Armstrong

Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds.

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Leslie Sills

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

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Lou Ann Walker

Discusses the work of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and describes how he develops a painting from original idea to finished piece.