The Rescue Artist

The Rescue Artist
Author: Edward Dolnick
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2010-11-16
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0062041843

In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Baffled and humiliated, the Norwegian police turned to the one man they believed could help: a half English, half American undercover cop named Charley Hill, the world's greatest art detective. The Rescue Artist is a rollicking narrative that carries readers deep inside the art underworld -- and introduces them to a large and colorful cast of titled aristocrats, intrepid investigators, and thick-necked thugs. But most compelling of all is Charley Hill himself, a complicated mix of brilliance, foolhardiness, and charm whose hunt for a purloined treasure would either cap an illustrious career or be the fiasco that would haunt him forever.

The Rescue Artist

The Rescue Artist
Author: Douglas Nicholas
Publisher: Douglas Nicholas
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2011-04-15
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1453710973

Collection of poems.

Artist Ted

Artist Ted
Author: Andrea Beaty
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-06-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442472073

Ted paints his way into trouble—and a new friendship—in this comic adventure. Includes audio! One morning, Ted realizes that his room needs a little pizzazz—and for that he needs an artist. Of course, when Ted can’t find an artist, he becomes one! Ted uses his homemade brush and paints to create a portrait of his mom and spruce up the school hallways…until he accidentally hurts the new student’s feelings. Then, once again, it’s Ted to the rescue as the whole school makes their new friend feel welcome. With crisp, catchy text from a master wordsmith and bright, bold artwork, this eBook with audio is a fantastic addition to any young artist’s palette.

Hot Art

Hot Art
Author: Joshua Knelman
Publisher: Tin House Books
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1935639382

"Hot Art traces Joshua Knelman's five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft, which takes him from Egypt to Los Angeles, New York to London, and back again, through a web of deceit, violence, and corruption. With a cool, knowing eye, Knelman delves into the lives of professionals such as Paul, a brilliant working-class kid who charmed his way into a thriving career organizing art thefts and running loot across the United Kingdom and beyond, and LAPD detective Donald Hrycyk, one of the few special investigators worldwide who struggle to keep pace with the evolving industry of stolen art. As he becomes more and more immersed in this world, Knelman learns that art theft is no fringe activity--it has evolved into one of the largest black markets inthe world, which even Interpol and the FBI cannot contain. Sweeping and fast-paced, Hot Art is a major work of investigative journalism and a thrilling joyride into a mysterious criminal world"--

Museum of the Missing

Museum of the Missing
Author: Simon Houpt
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781402728297

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To the Rescue of Art

To the Rescue of Art
Author: Rudolf Arnheim
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520074590

The provocative title of this new collection of essays was chosen by Rudolf Arnheim for good reason. He has spent a lifetime analyzing the basic psychological principles that make works of visual art meaningful, stirring, indispensable, and lasting. But recent fashionable attitudes and theories about art, he argues, are undermining the foundation of artistic achievement itself. He says that we must face the threat 'that the work crew charged with erecting the edifice of our principles is infiltrated by termites.'

George the Dog, John the Artist

George the Dog, John the Artist
Author: John Dolan
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 146831226X

The “uplifting, humble, and moving” true story of a troubled, East London artist and a twice-abandoned Staffordshire bull terrier who rescue each other (ForeWord Magazine). John Dolan grew up rough on the estates of east London. His early life was marked by neglect and abuse, and his childhood gift for drawing was stamped out by the tough realities outside his front door. A life of substance abuse and petty crime eventually landed him in prison. And when he was released, he found himself on the streets, surviving day-by-day, living hand-to-mouth. It wasn’t until he met George, a homeless Staffy puppy, that his life changed for the better. To begin with, George was a handful: he had been abused himself and was scared of human contact. Soon, John and George became inseparable. It was then that John decided to pick up his long-forgotten gift for drawing, sitting on the sidewalk for hours at a time, sketching pictures of George that he would sell to passers-by. “With dry wit and a lack of sentimentality,” John recounts how he found his life’s calling with his best friend by his side in this “disarmingly modest yet profound tale of redemption” (Kirkus Reviews).

The Dogs of Ron Burns

The Dogs of Ron Burns
Author: Ron Burns
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-01-15
Genre: Dogs
ISBN: 9780972582902

Ron's book takes the viewer from his early works of his rescued dog Rufus, through the captivating paintings of his shelter, pet therapy, search and rescue, and assistance dogs. By recognizing the quiet heroics of these dogs, Ron hopes to provide testimony to the growing role animals' play in the well being of us all. Ron is the Artist-in-Residence for The Humane Society of the United States. His art is the cornerstone for HSUS's national psa advertising - reaching millions Ron has appeared on CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX News (story won an EMMY), PBS (winning an Associated Press Award), and in Forbes Magazine Ron was the official artist for the ASPCA's Adopt a Shelter Dog Month Program. His poster was displayed in thousands of shelters across the country.

Artists' Estates

Artists' Estates
Author: Magda Salvesen
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780813536040

Artists' Estates offers a fascinating journey into the complex and competitive art world through the distinctive lens of those who deal with the paintings, prints, and sculpture that artists leave behind after their deaths. Bringing together interviews conducted by Magda Salvesen, the widow of the second-generation Abstract Expressionist painter Jon Schueler, this unique book provides a window into the goals and desires, the conflicts and frustrations, and the emotional and financial strains that confront widows, companions, sons, and daughters as the heirs to artists' estates. The judiciously arranged and edited interviews also address the benefits and liabilities of foundations and trusts through the insights of lawyers, gallery dealers, and foundation directors. Readers will explore well-known estates, including those of Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, Milton Avery, Romare Bearden, and David Smith, as well as the equally intriguing legacies of lesser-known artists whose work came to the fore in the forties and fifties. Together, the passionate testimonies of families and lovers, the measured voices of art professionals, and the more than eighty photographs offer an indispensable entre into the private and public worlds of art.

Art on My Mind

Art on My Mind
Author: bell hooks
Publisher: The New Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2025-05-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1620979292

The canonical work of cultural criticism by the “profoundly influential critic” (Artnet), in a beautiful thirtieth-anniversary edition, featuring a new foreword by esteemed visual artist Mickalene Thomas Called “one of the country’s most influential feminist thinkers” by Artforum, bell hooks and her work have enjoyed a huge resurgence of popularity since her passing in 2021. Her 2018 book All About Love has sold upwards of 700,000 copies, and posthumous tributes have credited her with being “instrumental in cracking open the white, western canon for Black artists” (Artnet). To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of her groundbreaking essay collection Art on My Mind, The New Press will publish a handsome, celebratory edition, featuring a new foreword by Tony-nominated producer and all-around creative phenom Mickalene Thomas and a new cover featuring original photos of bell hooks shot by African American photojournalist Eli Reed. This classic work, which, as the New York Times wrote, “examines the way race, sex and class shape who makes art, how it sells and who values it,” includes what Artforum calls “incisive essays” on the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Isaac Julien, Carrie Mae Weems, and Romare Bearden, among others. Her essays on Black vernacular architecture, representation of the Black male body, and the creative process of women artists, are complemented by conversations with Carrie Mae Weems, Emma Amos, Margo Humphrey, and LaVerne Wells-Bowie, which Kirkus Reviews calls “excellent indeed,” and “a real contribution to our understanding of the situation of black women artists.”