Mike Venezia

Author of Van Gogh (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

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About the Author

Mike Venezia was born on June 8, 1945 in New York City. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. He was the executive art director and vice president at Leo Burnett Company for 33 years. He retired to work full time on his books and videos. He show more started his writing career back in 1978, when he authored and illustrated books for Childrens Press. His books include the Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series, Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers series, Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents series, and Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors and Scientists series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers

Getting to Know the US Presidents

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists

Works by Mike Venezia

Popular Recent

Van Gogh (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1988) 892 copies, 5 reviews

Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1990) — Author — 880 copies, 2 reviews

Da Vinci (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1989) 809 copies, 4 reviews

Picasso (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1988) 757 copies, 3 reviews

Michelangelo (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1991) 685 copies, 2 reviews

Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1988) 617 copies, 1 review

Mary Cassatt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1990) 607 copies, 5 reviews

Georgia O'Keeffe (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1993) 541 copies, 3 reviews

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1995) 529 copies, 2 reviews

Ludwig Van Beethoven (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1996) 490 copies, 2 reviews

Johann Sebastian Bach (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1998) 409 copies

Peter Tchaikovsky (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1994) 361 copies, 1 review

George Handel (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1995) 343 copies, 1 review

Jackson Pollock (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1994) 332 copies, 1 review

Frida Kahlo (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1999) 328 copies, 2 reviews

Pierre Auguste Renoir (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1996) 309 copies

George Gershwin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1994) 308 copies, 1 review

Salvador Dali (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1993) 296 copies, 3 reviews

Edgar Degas (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2000) 290 copies

Botticelli (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1991) 267 copies, 1 review

Andy Warhol (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1996) 249 copies

Pieter Bruegel (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1992) 233 copies, 1 review

Duke Ellington (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1995) 231 copies

Diego Rivera (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1994) 227 copies, 2 reviews

Edward Hopper (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1990) 224 copies

Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1997) 223 copies

Paul Gauguin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1992) 219 copies

Paul Klee (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1991) 218 copies, 1 review

John Philip Sousa (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1998) 206 copies, 1 review

Aaron Copland (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1995) 205 copies

Frederic Chopin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1999) 201 copies, 1 review

Norman Rockwell (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2000) 200 copies, 1 review

Igor Stravinsky (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1996) 196 copies

Paul Cezanne (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1998) 188 copies, 1 review

Francisco Goya (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1991) 179 copies

Johannes Vermeer (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2002) 175 copies, 1 review

Albert Einstein: Universal Genius (2008) 171 copies, 2 reviews

Johannes Brahms (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1999) 171 copies

Marc Chagall (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2000) 170 copies

Andrew Jackson: Seventh President 1829-1837 (2005) 167 copies

Leonard Bernstein (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1997) 162 copies

The Beatles (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (1997) 157 copies

Grant Wood (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1995) 150 copies

Jacob Lawrence (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1999) 141 copies

Rachel Carson: Clearing the Way for Environmental Protection (2009) 138 copies, 2 reviews

Thomas Edison: Inventor With a Lot of Bright Ideas (2008) 137 copies, 1 review

Georges Seurat (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2002) 137 copies, 1 review

Winslow Homer (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2004) 137 copies, 1 review

Faith Ringgold (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2007) 136 copies, 1 review

Thomas Jefferson: Third President 1801 - 1809 (2004) 135 copies, 1 review

John Quincy Adams: Sixth President 1825-1829 (2004) 134 copies, 1 review

George Washington: First President 1789-1797 (2004) 133 copies, 5 reviews

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1995) 129 copies, 1 review

James Monroe: Fifth President, 1817-1825 (2004) 128 copies

Giotto (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2000) 125 copies

El Greco (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1997) 125 copies

Wright Brothers (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists) (2010) 119 copies, 1 review

Roy Lichtenstein (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2001) 114 copies, 1 review

Raphael (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2001) 110 copies

Grandma Moses (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2003) 93 copies

Frederic Remington (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2002) 90 copies

Charles Drew: Doctor Who Got the World Pumped Up to Donate Blood (2009) 87 copies

Alexander Graham Bell: Setting the Tone for Communication (2008) 86 copies

Dorothea Lange (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2000) 85 copies, 3 reviews

Marie Curie: Scientist Who Made Glowing Discoveries (2008) 82 copies, 1 review

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists) (2010) 80 copies, 1 review

Luis Alvarez: Wild Idea Man (2009) 80 copies, 1 review

James McNeill Whistler (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2003) 76 copies, 1 review

John Adams: Second President 1797-1801 (2002) 76 copies, 1 review

James Madison: Fourth President 1809-1817 (2004) 75 copies, 1 review

Diego Velazquez (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2004) 74 copies

Stephen Hawking: Cosmologist Who Gets a Big Bang Out of the Universe (2009) 71 copies, 1 review

Franklin D. Roosevelt: Thirty-Second President 1933-1945 (1984) 70 copies, 1 review

Henry Ford: Big Wheel in the Auto Industry (2009) 70 copies, 1 review

Henri Rousseau (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2002) 69 copies

Lise Meitner: Had the Right Vision about Nuclear Fission (2009) 66 copies, 1 review

René Magritte (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2002) 64 copies

Horace Pippin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2007) 64 copies, 1 review

Camille Pissarro (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2003) 64 copies

Abraham Lincoln: Sixteenth President 1861-1865 (2005) 57 copies, 1 review

Titian (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2003) 57 copies

Eugene Delacroix (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (2003) 56 copies

Daniel Hale Williams: Surgeon Who Opened Hearts and Minds (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors and… (2010) 48 copies, 1 review

Jane Goodall: Researcher Who Champions Chimps (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors and Scientists) (2010) 41 copies, 2 reviews

Benjamin Harrison: Twenty-Third President 1889-1893 (2006) 40 copies

Mary Leakey: Archaeologist Who Really Dug Her Work (2009) 40 copies, 1 review

William Henry Harrison: Ninth President 1841 (2005) 38 copies

Ulysses S. Grant: Eighteenth President 1869-1877 (2005) 37 copies

Alexander Calder (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1998) 36 copies

Zachary Taylor: Twelfth President 1849-1850 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2005) 36 copies

Benjamin Franklin: Electrified the World with New Ideas (2009) 36 copies, 1 review

John Tyler: Tenth President 1841-1845 (2005) 35 copies

John F. Kennedy: Thirty-Fifth President 1961-1963 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2007) 35 copies

Gerald R. Ford: Thirty-Eighth President 1974-1977 (2007) 35 copies

Martin Van Buren: Eighth President 1837-1841 (2005) 33 copies

Grover Cleveland: Twenty-Second and Twenty-Fourth President 1885-1889, 1893-1897 (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) (2006) 32 copies

Ronald Reagan (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) (2007) 31 copies, 2 reviews

Woodrow Wilson: Twenty-Eighth President (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2006) 30 copies

Jimmy Carter: Thirty-Ninth President 1977-1981 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2007) 30 copies

Millard Fillmore: Thirteenth President 1850 - 1853 (2005) 30 copies

James K. Polk: Eleventh President 1845-1849 (2005) 30 copies

Lyndon B. Johnson: Thirty-Sixth President 1963-1969 (2000) 28 copies

Chester A. Arthur: Twenty-First President, 1881-1885 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2006) 28 copies

How to Be an Older Brother or Sister (What to Expect When It Happens to You) (1986) 27 copies

Calvin Coolidge (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) (2007) 27 copies

Herbert Hoover: Thirty-First President 1929-1933 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2006) 26 copies

Bill Clinton (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) (2007) 26 copies

Warren G. Harding (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) (2006) 25 copies

Franklin Pierce: Fourteenth President 1853-1857 (2005) 24 copies

Richard M. Nixon: Thirty-Seventh President 1969-1974 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2007) 23 copies

Harry S. Truman: Thirty-Third President 1945-1953 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2007) 22 copies

George W. Bush: Forty-Third President 2000-2008 (2007) 22 copies

Rutherford B. Hayes: Nineteenth President 1877-1881 (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) (2006) 22 copies

James A. Garfield: Twentieth President 1881 (Getting to Know the US Presidents) (2006) 22 copies

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Thirty-Fourth President 1953-1961 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2007) 22 copies

William McKinley: Twenty-Fifth President 1897-1901 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2006) 21 copies

James Buchanan: Fifteenth President 1857-1861 (2005) 21 copies

Theodore Roosevelt (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) (2006) 21 copies

William Howard Taft: Twenty-Seventh President 1909-1913 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) (2006) 20 copies

Andrew Johnson: Seventeenth President 1865-1869 (2006) 20 copies

George Bush (Getting to Know the Us Presidents) (2007) 19 copies

Vincent Van Gogh. Mestres Das Artes (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (1997) 8 copies

Peter Tchaikovsky. Mestres Da Musica (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (1999) 5 copies

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists Set 3 copies

Van Gogh / Vermeer / Bruegel / Einstein / Raphael (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists/ Scientists) 2 copies

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists Fall 2016 (2016) 1 copy

Πάμπλο Πικάσο (1998) 1 copy

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists "Pablo Picasso" 1 copy

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists "Leonardo Da Vinci" 1 copy

ΟΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΙ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΟΙ 1 copy

Igor Stravinsky[ IGOR STRAVINSKY ] by Venezia, Mike (Author ) on Mar-01-1997 Paperback 1 copy

(George Handel) By Venezia, Mike (Author) Paperback on 01-Sep-1995 1 copy

Leonard Bernstein: Getting to Know the World's Great Composers 1 copy

[Van Gogh] (By: Mike Venezia) [published: October, 1995] 1 copy

Ρέμπραντ (1998) 1 copy

Σαλβαντόρ Νταλί (1998) 1 copy

Σάντρο Μποτιτσέλι (1998) 1 copy

Getting to Know Monet: Mike Venezia Teaches Children About Art 1 copy

Ανρί Ματίς (1998) 1 copy

Κλωντ Μονέ (1998) 1 copy

Πιερ Ογκύστ Ρενουάρ (1998) 1 copy

Βίνσεντ Βαν Γκογκ (1998) 1 copy

Coleção Mestre Da Música ludwig van beethoven 1 copy

Coleção Mestre Da Música peter tchaikovsky 1 copy

mestres da múscia bach 1 copy

By Mike Venezia - Paul Cezanne (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (1998-03-16) [Library Binding] 1 copy

Johann Sebastian Bach (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) by Mike Venezia(1998-08-01) (1700) 1 copy

Botticelli (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia (1991-03-03) 1 copy

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists "Vincent Van Gogh" 1 copy

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Eat Your Peas, Louise! (1985) — Illustrator — 561 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Venezia, Mike
Birthdate: 1945-06-08
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Education: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA)
Occupations: art director
author
illustrator
Organizations: Leo Burnett Company

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Reviews

Ronald Reagan (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents) by Mike Venezia

Independant Reading Level: Grades 3-5

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etorres80 | 1 other review | Oct 24, 2024 |

Vincent van Gogh (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know… by Mike Venezia

This is a lovely gem of a book given to me by a wonderful LT friend. The author has a unique style of writing text about Van Gogh's works while drawing accompanying laugh-out-loud cartoons.

This is a wonderful book for someone who knows little about Van Gogh and his exquisite works. I will be sure to look folr more books by this author. While the intended market is for young people, it is a lovely presentation and well-worth to time spent by all ages.

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Whisper1 | 4 other reviews | Jul 19, 2024 |