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painters who wrote autobiography
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Christy Brown
Christy Brown (1932-1981)

painter, poet, autobiographer

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Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum
My Left Foot
Down all the days
Wild grow the lilies
A shadow on summer
Of snails and skylarks
Background music
Collected Poems
The story of Christy Brown
The poems of Christy Brown
Come softly to my wake
A promising career
My Left Foot (Cascades)
The childhood story of Christy Brown: (previously entitled My left foot)
Hatchet and related readings
Back to Back
Mein linker Fuß
Mein linker Fuß. Großdruck
Background music; poems
Ragli ha-śemalit
Christy Brown Boxed Set (Empty)
Christy Brown Boxed Set
William Wharton
William Wharton (1925-2008)

psychologist, painter, art historian

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Tidings
Scumbler
Last Lovers
Birdy
Houseboat on the Seine
Pride
A midnight clear
Birdy
Tato
Dom na Sekwanie
Roberto Yáñez
Roberto Yáñez (born 1974)

painter, poet

  • Polytechnic Secondary School, German school abroad

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Carolyn Cassady
Carolyn Cassady (1923-2013)

painter

  • Bennington College, University of Denver

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Off the road
Heart beat
Off the road
Off the road
Yoldakiler
Sur ma route
Jack Kerouac
Françoise Gilot
Françoise Gilot (1921-2023)

painter, model, illustrator, art critic, visual artist

  • Beaux-Arts de Paris, University of Cambridge

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Françoise Gilot, an artist's journey =
Matisse and Picasso
Françoise Gilot
Francoise Gilot
Francoise Gilot: monograph 1940-2000
Picasso and Francoise Gilot
Vivre avec Picasso
Le regard et son masque
Interface
The Fugitive Eye
Francoise Gilot
Monograph
1946, Picasso et la Méditerranée retrouvée
F. Gilot; [exhibition] March 23--April 10, 1965, Findlay Galleries ... New York
Françoise Gilot, emblems and symbols
Dans l'arène avec Picasso
Monotypes
Artist's Journey
Paloma-Sphynx
Françoise Gilot
Françoise Gilot
Françoise Gilot dans l'arène avec Picasso
Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš
Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš (1877-1962)

painter

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Tā mums iet
Trimdas raksti
Sirmā grāmata
Es stāstu savai sievai
Ūden̦i
Kraniche über dem Möhnesee
Jaunsaimnieks un velns
Mūsējie ir dabasbērni--
Ar makšk̦eri
Slin̦k̦u virsnieks
Uršulīte
Vasara
Tā pasaule paiet--
Aija
Nauda
Kam dāvanas, tas nestāv dīkā
Zal̦ā grāmata
Debess un zeme
Augšzemnieki
Bez dzimtenes
Mana dzīve
Piemini Latviju
Nāves deja
No rudens kalna
Ziema
Neskaties saulē
Kopoti raksti
Vēja ziedi
Zelenai︠a︡ kniga
Carlos Páez Vilaró
Carlos Páez Vilaró (1923-2014)

architect, painter, sculptor, ceramicist, composer, businessperson

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Joe Brainard
Joe Brainard (1942-1994)

poet, artist, painter, illustrator

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I remember
The collected writings of Joe Brainard
New work
Nancy Book
I remember Christmas
29 mini-essays
Selected writings 1962-1971
Self portrait
Selected writings, 1962-1971
The friendly way
Joe Brainard retrospective
Bolinas journal
Alex Katz and Joe Brainard
Collected Writings of Joe Brainard
I remember more
More I remember more
24 pictures & some words
More I remember more
Joe Brainard
Best & company
Brainard-Freeman notebooks
C comics no. 1
I remember more
Twelve postcards
Twelve postcards
If
Nothing to write home about