The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

By: Eric Carle, 

Age: 2+  | Published by: Philomel Books

ISBN: 9780399257131

Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s, and how his art, banned by the Nazi regime, inspired young Eric Carle.

Keywords: 
animals,  art,  color,  colour,  Eric Carle,  Franz Marc,  freedom to create,  unconventional,