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A story based on the life and art of William Henry Johnson. Artist Johnson is remembered for his bold, folk-style paintings of black life. Everett does the job with flair and finesse.--Booklist. An intelligent and inspirational book for children of all cultures.--Publishers Weekly. Winner of a 1992 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award. (Rizzoli
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《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 2-5-- When Uncle Willie visits her South Carolina home, L'il Sis begins a close relationship with the warm, understanding man that endures throughletters for many years. Uncle Willie is William H. Johnson, an African-American painter whose work (from the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution) illustrates and is the inspiration for the story. While it is unusual for a text to be written to accompany illustrations, in this case, it works beautifully. Johnson's paintings are varied in style from a strongly textured almost impressionistic self-portrait, to a geometric, flat-toned picture of children playing by a dock, to a lively and imaginative primitive Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. He paints both historical and contemporary subjects such as L'il Sis and her doll, life in pre-World War II Harlem, and the hanging of Nat Turner. Through his art, readers and Sis come to see some of the harshness and beauty in the African-American experience. Sis's first-person narration brings the story to a child's level, explaining such things as the Underground Railroad. The warmth of the special uncle-niece relationship shines through and makes readers care about Uncle Willie, his artwork, and the life and places he painted. --Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
出版社周刊评论
L'il Sis learns about far-away cities and cultures through Uncle Willie's vibrant paintings. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
Johnson (1901-70) was a black painter, born in South Carolina and trained in New York, who lived for 12 years in Denmark, married a Danish woman, and (after her death) spent his last 20 years in a mental institution. Over 1,000 of his bold, brilliantly expressive paintings are now in the National Museum of American Art. Everett, an art educator at the museum, tells the artist's story through a careful selection of 27 of his paintings (beautifully reproduced) linked by a slightly fictionalized text narrated by Johnson's niece. The device works surprisingly well, allowing Everett to describe the man himself as an occasional, somewhat exotic, but well-loved visitor to his hometown, and to give background on some of the subjects he drew from his own life and the black experience--including cotton- pickers, Harlem dancers, and a charming portrait of Li'l Sis at age six, with her doll. There are also a few b&w photos. It would have been nice to know more about the sizes of the paintings and the mediums used; still, an excellent introduction to an outstanding artist who deserves wider recognition. (Nonfiction. 6-12)
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Ages 5-10. African American artist William H. Johnson is remembered for his bold, folk art-style paintings of black life. Using those paintings, gathered from the National Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian as illustrations, this handsome book introduces Johnson as seen through the eyes of his five-year-old niece, Li'l Sis. To Sis, Johnson is Uncle Willie. He returns to Florence, South Carolina, after having lived in Scandinavia, France, and North Africa. With his paintings as showpieces, Willie tells Sis and her doll, Lillian, stories about picking cotton in the field, the jitterbug world of Harlem, and the freedom of city life. Sis wants to follow Willie to his home in Denmark, but World War II breaks out, and, though her uncle moves back to New York and continues to write and send pictures, she never sees him again. There are obvious difficulties in wrapping a story around available pictures; however, Everett does the job with flair and finesse. Occasionally the text seems forced ("He had studied for many years at an art school in New York called the National Academy of Design"), but for the most part, this works as a remembrance as well as a showcase for the enduring images in Johnson's vibrant, jump-out-at-you art: Willie's mother, steadfast, staring straight on from her rocking chair; a baptism in the river, performed while the congregation wings on the shore. See also the Audiovisual Media section, p.1046, for a review of a new video about Johnson's life. ~--Ilene Cooper