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Bogart, Jo Ellen

Capturing Joy: The Story of Maud Lewis

32 pp. | Tundra | May, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-88776-568-8 $$16.95
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Mark Lang. This is a somewhat disjointed biography of a Canadian woman who suffered from physical disabilities and an impoverished life and still created paintings that evoke joy. Reproductions of the paintings of Maud Lewis, the self-taught twentieth-century artist who depicted life in Nova Scotia, show her bold, naive folk style, while Lang's careful, soft black-and-white drawings depict scenes in the artist's life.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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