Art Encounters Books in Order
Art Encounters contains 11 books, published between 2005 and 2007. The first book is Casa Azul: An Encounter with Frida Kahlo (2005) and the newest is World Behind the Door (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2005–2007
- Pages on record
- 1,356 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 23–34 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,356 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Art Encounters is a children's fiction series about artists, with painting and artists in fiction among its recorded subjects. Its 11 books, published between 2005 and 2007, include Casa Azul: An Encounter with Frida Kahlo (2005), The Wedding: An Encounter with Jan Van Eyck (2005), The Spirit Catchers: An Encounter with Georgia O'Keeffe (2005) and A Brush with Napoleon: An Encounter with Jacques-Louis David (2006). Mike Resnick is credited on 3 titles, and Laban Carrick Hill and Douglas Rees on 2 each. World Behind the Door (2007) is the last recorded entry.
How many Art Encounters books are there?
Art Encounters has 11 books, released between 2005 and 2007.
Art Encounters Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Art Encounters books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Casa Azul: An Encounter with Frida Kahlo2005 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/420051471/4
- 2The Wedding: An Encounter with Jan Van Eyck2005 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/420052261/4
- 3Lady with an Alien2005 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/420051561/4
- 4Smoking Mirror: An Encounter With Paul Gauguin2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 5The Spirit Catchers: An Encounter with Georgia O'Keeffe2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 6The Janus Gate: An Encounter with John Singer Sargent2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 7A Club in Montmartre2006 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/420061541/4
- 8Jackal in the Garden: An Encounter with Bihzad2006 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420061761/4
- 9A Brush with Napoleon: An Encounter with Jacques-Louis David2006 · 161 pages · confirmed 1/420061611/4
- 10Deep in the Mountains: An Encounter with Zhu Qizhan2007 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420071921/4
- 11World Behind the Door2007 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420071441/4
Where to start with Art Encounters
Start with Casa Azul: An Encounter with Frida Kahlo (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Art Encounters book?
World Behind the Door (2007) is the newest Art Encounters book released so far.
Is there a new Art Encounters book coming?
No next Art Encounters book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Art Encounters at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Art Encounters title on record dates from 2007, 19 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Art Encounters books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,356 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 158 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Art Encounters books, 11 of 11, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 11 titles, 3 are credited to Mike Resnick, 2 to Laban Carrick Hill, 2 to Douglas Rees and 1 to Kathleen V. Kudlinski. A further 3 writers are credited.
What the Art Encounters books are about
8 of the 11 Art Encounters books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: artists is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Artists 7 of 8 books
- Children's fiction 7 of 8 books
- History 4 of 8 books
- Painting 2 of 8 books