Did you know that the great Pablo Picasso had many pets, including a white mouse and a goat? And that Andy Warhol loved his dachshunds, Salvador Dalí liked ocelots and anteaters, and Georgia O’Keeffe had a passion for chows and Siamese cats? Artists and Their Pets tells these stories and many more with full-color illustrations and a chirpy narrative that will delight both art buffs and pet enthusiasts. Lexile: 1140L

A visual feast of outstanding work by British and American artists from the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating account of most of the popular breeds provides an original and penetrating artistic record and traces the evolution of 50 breeds.

DOGS of FAMOUS ARTISTS is a funny and original tour de force that will appeal to dog lovers, art lovers, or anyone with a well tempered sense of humor. Tobias Inigo, writer and illustrator, presents an amusing look at some of our best known artists and their unsung canine companions. This best selling collection of wonderfully drawn illustrations, with delightfully clever words, brings to life the world of art where the dog is very much part of the 'scene' and is often the driving force behind the artist. DOGS of FAMOUS ARTISTS appeals to a wide audience and makes an unique gift. "Dogs of Famous Artists is a hilarious take on Art History. It makes the perfect gift for both art and dog lovers." JG, Arizona

An engaging, giftable, richly-illustrated look at the special connection between people and their beloved pet.

This hugely successful book traces the development of pure-bred dogs and examines why they have become so popular. It is full of charming anecdotes about dog lovers such as Queen Victoria and the great American collector Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge.

One spring morning in 1957, photojournalist David Douglas Duncan paid a visit to his friend and frequent subject Pablo Picasso, at the artist’s home near Cannes. Alongside Duncan in his Mercedes Gullwing 300 SL was the photographer’s pet dachshund, Lump. When they arrived at Picasso’s Villa La Californie, Lump decided that he had found paradise on earth, and that he would move in with Picasso, whether the artist welcomed him or not. This is the background for a book that offers an uncommonly sensitive portrait of Picasso. Lump was immortalized in a Picasso portrait painted on a plate the day they met, but that was just the beginning. In a suite of forty-five paintings reinterpreting Velasquez’s masterpiece 'Las Meninas', Picasso replaced the impassive hound in the foreground with jaunty renderings of Lump. Today all of those historic canvases are now the centerpiece exhibition in the Picasso Museum of Barcelona. Fourteen of the paintings are reproduced here in full colour, juxtaposed with Duncan’s dramatic and intimate black-and-white photographs of Picasso and Lump, bringing full circle the odyssey of a lucky dachshund who found his way to becoming a furry, super-stretched icon of modern art.