Catherine studied art history at Glasgow University and the Courtauld Institute before completing her PhD at Trinity College, Oxford. She was a writer and series editor of the illustrated art history series This is, which won the Brand/Series Identity Award at the British Book Design and Production Awards in 2015. Catherine lives with her family in London.
Arnold’s Amazing Museum, a fiction book for children about art, was published by Laurence King in 2016.
LAURA WILLIAMS E-mail: lwilliams@pfd.co.uk Telephone number: 020 7344 1029
ARNOLD’S EXTRAORDINARY ART MUSEUM — Buy it here
Arnold’s Art Museum is open for business! Come along as he leads his friends on a trip through his imaginary museum, showing off his exhibits.
Join Gertrude, George, Dot, and the rest as they spend a day with Arnold in his museum. He has it all planned out, but will the others play along?
Illustrated by Jim Stoten, this is a hilarious comic adventure, featuring real – and imaginary – works of art.
PUBLISHER Lawrence King
PUBLICATION DATE: 26 September 2016
THIS IS DALI
By Catherine Ingram and Andrew Rae
Salvador Dalí is one of the most popular artists in the world, known for his lavish lifestyle, gravity-defying moustache and bizarre art. This book tells the story of Dalí’s life and explores the meaning of his Surrealist paintings. It goes beyond his fine art practice and discusses his venture into the commercial world from his extravagant jewellery to his cheeky design for the Chupa Chups lollipops. Surrealism is revealed as a way of life; illustrations bring to life the extraordinary Dream Ball at the Coq Rouge, his fabulous home at Port Lligat and his underwater fantasy at the World Fair’s Surrealist pavilion. Fun, provoking and endlessly frustrating, Dalí is brought under the spotlight.
Publisher: Laurence King
Publication Date: 28th April 2014
THIS IS POLLOCK
by Catherine Ingram and Peter Arkle
In 1956 Time magazine referred to Pollock as ‘Jack the Dripper’. His iconic paintings stretch out with the generosity and scale of the landscape of America’s West where the artist grew up. Pollock said that he painted ‘out of his conscious’: the cathartic dribbled paint reflected his troubled mind. This book traces Pollock’s career and discusses how his loose, individual style was used as a political weapon in the Cold War, representing America as the free, democratic nation. Illustrations simplify the theory and reveal the hidden meaning behind the mesh of painted lines. Series writer Catherine Ingram brings her extensive knowledge to the book, while specially commissioned illustrations by New York-based illustrator Peter Arkle vividly portray the text
Publisher: Laurence King
Publication Date: 28th April 2014
THIS IS MATISSE
by Catherine Ingram and Agnes Decourchelle
In the history of twentieth century modernism, Henri Matisse is a calm and unstoppable revolution of creative genius. Trained originally in the French classical manner, he was inspired by the Impressionists and Cézanne to create in a style that brought out the beauty of colour, form and line by reducing them to their essentials. While considered a leader of the Fauves and an inspiration to most of the great figures in modern art, he wasn’t particularly interested in being associated with any particular school or trend. A family man who worked ‘office hours’ in his studio he defies the image of the artist as enfant terrible or tortured soul. In a career spanning six decades, he produced masterpiece after masterpiece that constantly challenge how we perceive colour and form.
Publisher: Laurence King
Publication Date: 27th April 2015
THIS IS WARHOL
by Catherine Ingram and Andrew Rae
Andy Warhol, the iconic Pop artist, presented himself as the vacuous, dumb kid, famously saying, ‘If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintingsand there I am. There’s nothing behind it.’ This book penetrates the surface and explores Warhols art from his beginnings as a commercial artist to his apotheosis as a society portrait painter. Vivid illustrations reveal Andys worlds: his childhood in Pittsburgh, his chaotic Manhattan mansion and the Silver Factory, where New Yorks bright new things hung out and had fun. Series writer Catherine Ingram brings her extensive knowledge to the book, while specially commissioned illustrations by Andrew Rae vividly portray the text.
Publisher: Laurence King
Publication Date: 28th April 2014