Art in New Jersey - Artists from New Jersey, Arts Organizations Based in New Jerartists from New Jersey, Arts Organizations Based in New Jersey, Monuments and Memorials in New Jersey Sey, Monuments and Memorials in New Jersey (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Artists From New Jersey, Arts Organizations Based in New Jersey, Monuments and Memorials in New Jersey, Outdoor Sculptures in New Jersey, Wanda Gg, Bob Justin, Henry Reuterdahl, Adam Hughes, Chris Moreno, Antonio Jacobsen, Harry Devlin, Richard Tuttle, Spirit of Communication, David Ho, Michael Avon Oeming, Susan Waters, Bake, William Armstrong, Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts, William Ranney, Grif Teller, Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum, James E. Buttersworth, to the Struggle Against World Terrorism, Tommy Castillo, Grounds for Sculpture, M. D. Bright, Jenene Nagy, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Brian Belott, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art. Excerpt: Wanda Hazel Gg (March 11, 1893 June 27, 1946) was an American author, illustrator, and printmaker born in New Ulm, Minnesota. Wanda Hazel Gg (pronounced ) was the oldest of seven children. Her father Anton Gg, son of a Bohemian woodcarver, was a painter and photographer. He used his painting talent to decorate houses and churches to support his family, much of which can still be seen around the town of New Ulm. He passed along his artistic talent to all his children. Ggs mother was born Elisabeth Biebl. Though she was not an artist, she was a skilled storyteller. Wanda remained inspired by the German folktales told to her by her mother, her grandmother or an aunt or uncle throughout her life. Only German was spoken in the household and Wanda did not learn to speak English until she attended school. The happiness of her childhood was cut short by the death of her father from tuberculosis. Before he died, he said to her, Was der Papa nicht tun kont, muss die Wanda halt fertig machen meaning what Papa has left undone, Wanda will have to do. Gg was fourteen ye... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2022029