I stood outside that museum on the canal and cried I was so moved, seeing so much wonderful modern art in one place.
We went to the art/architecture Biennale that fall. Since I mostly work and I do watch my income, on a landmark birthday my husband surprised me with airline tickets at a party he threw (besides a box of Godiva chocolate hearts, much to the chagrin of other men there, who said, “gee, thanks a lot for thinking that gift up…”). The food!” Need I say more? My friend who writes art books for children said, you must go to Venice and see Peggy Guggenheim’s collection of modern art. People would say, “I can’t believe you haven’t you been there. I wrote this book after my first and only trip to Italy. Janson was “the Bible” of all art students in exploring and understanding the universal questions: “What is art? Or why is this art?” I used the name Janson, because History of Art by H. I was a Fine Arts major in college –- focusing on huge modern paintings, etchings, and typography. One made me nervous to perform the other was a dream - to make something out of nothing in a studio, like Janson, the mouse in this picture book. (Don’t ask!) And ultimately applying to The High School of Music & Art, where I had to decide: Do I want to be a pianist or a painter? Similar spelling, different paths.
#Mousterpiece so dear to my heart how to
Years followed with more art lessons in basements, a 6th-grade scholarship to Pratt Institute to study how to make linoleum cuts, The Art Students League at eleven to create my first portfolio, life drawings. It was obviously a seminal time in my beginning development.
In the afternoon, we would tour the American Wing with rooms of old furniture, the kind my main character lives in, and then make our way in time through the galleries to modern art - just like Janson, my little mouse! I would throw a penny in the water and make a wish. In the afternoon, we would have lunch at the cafeteria - with dill pickles and an iced cruller! On special occasions, we would eat upstairs around a low pool, built like a Roman bath, surrounded by classical sculpture and massive columns, which was evocative for a young child and has appeared in many of my novels. Jane: I fell in love with art as soon as I could hold a crayon in my hand.īy five years old, my mother took me on weekends from Queens, New York, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, where I had morning painting lessons. Jules: Did something in particular inspire this story? I enjoyed the opportunity to ask her not only about this book, but also-given her lengthy career in this field-about children’s literature today and how it’s changed over the years, as well as what’s next for her. She was a children’s book librarian in Manhattan in a private school for children with learning disabilities and put together their first library. “The book,” Jane tells me, “is dedicated to my mom. Booklist calls this a “charming introduction to modern art and an inspiring starting point for young art students.” When she finally explores the famous paintings hanging in the museum, giving readers a glimpse of the world of contemporary art, “her little world opened.” She emulates the iconic paintings she sees, meeting some acclaim of her own - but eventually comes to understand that the artwork that expresses her own style, her own voice, is her favorite. She lives in a museum and loves exploring it each night after dark. Jane’s latest book, released in August by Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, is called Mousterpiece and centers around a young mouse, named Janson. She has also worked as an art director, as you can read below. Most of those are picture books, but she’s also written YA novels, chapter books, and even cookbooks. I’m happy to be having late-night coffee with author/illustrator Jane Breskin Zalben, who has created in her career more than fifty books for children.
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