The Art of Dahlov Ipcar


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Dahlov Ipcar is best known for her vibrant collage-style paintings of jungle and farm animals. This clearly evident love of animals is due in part to the summers she spent with her family in Maine. In 1923 the Zorach family (her parents were the famous artists William and Marguerite Zorach) bought a farm at Robinhood Cove in Georgetown, Maine. It was during a Maine summer that Dahlov met her future husband Adolph Ipcar. They married in September 1936 and after living in New York City for a short time, they moved permanently to Maine. where she still lives today.




Dahlov Ipcar, Artist


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Looks at the life and work of Dahlov Ipcar, a Maine artist who expresses her talents in a variety of media, from tapestries and fabric sculpture to children's book illustrations




The Calico Jungle


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A mother makes her little boy a quilt covered with jungle trees, flowers and animals. Every night the little boy looks at all the animals and trees and when he gets to the end of the quilt he sees that the animals are all sleeping.




Bug City


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Follow a whimsical day in the life of a Bug City family, with imaginative illustrations of real insects by American artist Dahlov Ipcar This charming bug family (Mama is a ladybug and Papa is a daddy longlegs) share a day in Bug City, where they go shopping (for calico moths and velvet ants, of course!) and visit the zoo with rhinoceros beetles and ant lions. Their quaint, busy lives, augmented by Dahlov Ipcar's flamboyant, colorful illustrations, make a charming story for readers to enjoy and learn how to identify a wide variety of bugs.




The Cat at Night


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The golden jubilee edition of a children’s classic first published in 1969. Join the farmer’s cat on his fascinating nighttime journey through fields, farms, forests, and even the city to see what only he can see after the sunsets. Legendary artist Dahlov Ipcar mesmerizingly alternates between dark night scenes and vivid color to deliver a beautifully illustrated children’s classic. Each scene is shown first as a human would see it at night in blacks and whites, and then as a cat sees it in with vivid color and fine detail. This commemorative edition features new back matter about Dahlov’s children’s books from her biographer, poet and art critic Carl Little.




Dahlov Ipcar's Wild Animal Alphabet


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Wild animals including the flamingo, panther, and kangaroo introduce each letter of the alphabet. On board pages.




I Like Animals


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Discover a kaleidoscopic spectrum of wonderful and colorful creatures by journeying into all the possibilities to encounter your favourite animals.




Wild and Tame


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Long, long ago in animals in the world were wild. Some were timid and hid in the woods, and some were ferocious and dangerous. And so begins a journey of discovery as Dahlov Ipcar presents a wealth of feral and fierce animals trained by our early ancestors to the tame animals we know today.




Dahlov Ipcar


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Dahlov Ipcar


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