Art and Max - David Wiesner

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Résumé :
Max and Arthur are friends who share an interest in painting. Arthur is an accomplished painter; Max is a beginner. Max's first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip with paints, pastels and pencils, which turn out to have unexpected pitfalls. From three-time Caldecott medallist David Wiesner comes a ground-breaking picture book about friendship and creativity.

Biographie:
David Wiesner is one of the best-loved and most highly acclaimed picture book creators in the world. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have won numerous awards in the US and all over the globe. He lives with his family outside of Philadelphia, USA.

Sophisticated and playful, this beautiful mind-stretcher invites viewers to think about art's fundamentals: line, color, shape, and imaginative freedom. Booklist This small-scale and surprisingly comedic story takes place against a placid backdrop of pale desert colors, which recedes to keep the focus squarely on the dynamic between the two lizards and the wide range of emotions that Wiesner masterfully evokes. Publishers Weekly Funny, clever, full of revelations to those who look carefully-this title represents picture-book making at its best. School Library Journal The masterful Wiesner takes a deconstructionist view of art through the interactions of two lizards, one an accomplished painter and the other an exuberant wannabe. Together they explore different mediums, color, and line with a minimum of dialogue and brilliantly hued panels and spreads dripping with paint and humor. School Library Journal Pages splashed with colour and brimming with humour ensure that the reader enjoys every moment. -- Marilyn Brocklehurst The Bookseller