{"id":3548,"date":"2014-10-14T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T06:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2014-10-13T20:19:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T02:19:01","slug":"the-art-of-raul-colon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3548","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“When Leontyne performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1955, she blew open the door that Marian left ajar. Six years later, Leontyne landed
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\nSince I’ve got a review of Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n’s<\/a><\/strong> Draw!<\/em> (Paula Wiseman\/Simon & Schuster, September 2014) over at BookPage<\/em>, I thought I’d follow up with some illustrations from the book today. The review is here<\/a><\/strong>, and the art is below. <\/p>\n

But, while we’re on the subject of Col\u00f3n, I’ve also got some illustrations from two other books he has illustrated this year — Juan Felipe Herrera’s<\/a><\/strong> Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which was published in August by Dial, and Carole Boston Weatherford’s<\/a><\/strong> Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, coming this December from Knopf. (Pictured above is an illustration from Weatherford’s book.)<\/p>\n

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Art from Draw!<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/center>
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Art from Juan Felipe Herrera’s
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Julia de Burgos<\/em>
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C\u00e9sar Estrada Ch\u00e1vez<\/em>
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Roberto Clemente<\/em>
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Sonia Sotomayor<\/em>
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“Until the college president heard her solo and convinced her to study voice instead. Leontyne changed course. Led by song, she cracked the door that Marian had opened years earlier. And before long, Leontyne went to Juilliard. There, she found her teacher, Florence Page Kimball, and her calling.”<\/em>
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“Yes, the world-famous Miss Price could be all mink and pearls when she wanted to, rolling her <\/em>r’s like an Italian <\/em>contessa, wearing Viennese hats
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DRAW! Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n. Spreads used by permission of the publisher, Simon & Schuster, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

PORTRAITS OF HISPANIC AMERICAN HEROES. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Julian Felipe Herrera. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2014 by Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n. Spreads used by permission of the publisher, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n

LEONTYNE PRICE: VOICE OF A CENTURY. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2014 by Ra\u00fal Col\u00f3n. Spreads used by permission of the publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, New York.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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