Now all that being said, I really do oh so much appreciate the additional information about Eric Carle's childhood in Nazi era Germany at the back of The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse(wonderful and informative, but also bery much thought-provoking). For in may opinion, if Eric Carle had truly wanted to have both the narrative and the illustrations appear as an actual homage to Franz Marc the Expressionist artist, why did he not simply make his artist figure into Franz Marc? It still would make The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse textually a rather simplistic offering for young children, but it would also show a narrative that actually has some meaning and some actual potential connection to Franz Marc, to the artist himself. ![]() But no, I do not really find the featured narrative all that interesting and engaging in and of itself (and I also do not really see exactly how the presented, featured text of The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse is or can even be remotely regarded as an actual homage to Franz Marc, the illustrations, perhaps, if not even definitely, but the printed words that accompany said illustrations, not so much). I have always loved Eric Carle's artwork, and the illustrations are indeed lovely, evocative, exuberant, pure Eric Carle magic. I have to say that I am a little disappointed with and by The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse.
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