![]() ![]() His father bought him cheap paints and paper, but, as a struggling immigrant from Poland, worried whether his son could make a living. His mother showed off the pictures he drew on the kitchen table. He often felt invisible, and started drawing early, thinking that the only way people would see him was if he made art. We learned that he had a rough time growing up as small, artistic, and poor in the Brooklyn he’d later picture in his books. Last night, Peter and I attended the opening of a show highlighting the work of Ezra Jack Keats at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Claudia Nahson, who curated the show which was first shown at the Jewish Museum in New York, spoke about Ezra Jack Keats’s (1916-1983) history. ![]()
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