Discovering Great Artists

Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters

by MaryAnn F. Kohl & Kim Solga

Second edition ISBN 9780935607093

Chicago Review Press 2020
144 pages
11 x 8.5″ Full color throughout

The NEW second edition will be available in summer 2020.

Children ages 4-12 experience and enjoy painting, sculpting, drawing, and building works of art in the styles of the great masters such as Van Gogh, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt. 150 art ideas divided into five main chapters introduce children to 75 great masters from the Renaissance to the present. Sections include:

  • Long Long Ago: Renaissance and Post Renaissance
  • Sunny and Free: Impressionists and Post Impressionists
  • Wild and Wacky: Abstract and Surrealists
  • Art Today Every Way: Pop, Op, Folk, Modern and more
  • and a detailed Resource section

Online Art Supplement: MaryAnn has carefully compiled an extensive selection of beautiful online images for each and every artist featured in Discovering Great Artists.… view the online art supplement

The first edition of Discovering Great Artists was published by Bright Ring Publishing in 1996, and has been a best seller for more than two decades. It is available from many booksellers.

  • 1997 Benjamin Franklin, FINALIST, Interior Design
  • 1998 Benjamin Franklin, FINALIST, Education/Teaching
  • 144 pages, paperback $19.95