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Title:
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Last Painting of Sara de Vos |
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Authors:
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Smith, Dominic |
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Genre:
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Fiction |
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Pages:
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374 |
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Year:
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2016 |
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Language:
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English |
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Description:
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Two talented women more than three centuries apart, rising to the challenges of putting brush to canvas: Sara de Vos, a Dutch painter of the Golden Age and Ellie Shipley, an Australian art history student starving in a garret in 1950s New York. Persuaded to emulate Sara's only known work, 'At the Edge of the Woods', Ellie sets in play a series of events, drawing in Marty De Groot, owner of the painting, and culminating in a Sydney exhibition Ellie will curate decades later.
As multi-layered as the painting at its heart, this meticulously researched story celebrates the creation of art and its magnetic pull on those within its orbit, underpinned by realistic characters and an attention to detail, down to the last brushstroke.
Comments from BDS Reviewers:"I enjoyed this book thoroughly. Intriguing, superbly researched and very informative about art history."
"It was very hard to put this book down. It is very realistic and the characters are well-developed."
"I just loved this book! The stories of the three main characters are fascinating and I felt totally drawn into their different worlds."
"Some important parts are held back to sustain the tension - really well done."
"The historical aspects were especially well done and the descriptions of life for the woman painter in Amsterdam in the 1600s felt authentic."
"My husband also read and enjoyed this book so I think it would appeal to a wide range of people."
"The book contains varied interesting information about Holland at the time, eg this was the time of the tulip craze."
"This is a very satisfying read and I didn't want the book to end."
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Categories:
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Fiction, The Arts, Historical, Morals/Ethics, Relationships, 2019 Titles |
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