At the Threshold of Brilliance: The Brief But Splendid Career of Harold J. Rabinovitz, Hittner Arthur D.
Автор: Hittner Arthur D. Название: The Caroline Paintings: An Art Novel ISBN: 0998981079 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780998981079 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2200.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A Florida retiree, dabbling in the art market, acquires the contents of a storage locker in a foreclosure sale. Included is a cache of unsigned paintings of a beautiful young woman by a supremely talented hand. Who is she, who's the artist, and what gave rise to these stunning works? By what tortuous path did they find their way into an abandoned storage unit and who'll prevail in the ensuing struggle for their possession? The answers are revealed in the art-sleuthing novel, The Caroline Paintings, a bittersweet, fifty-year tale of art, love, duplicity, perseverance, and discovery featuring a troubled teenage runaway, a tormented artist, an illegitimate son, an unscrupulous attorney, a beer-guzzling widower, and a quirky Harvard art professor. Inspired by the saga of the Helga Pictures by Andrew Wyeth, and in the tradition of art-centered fiction such as The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Girl with a Pearl Earring, and The Art Forger, The Caroline Paintings is a must-read for lovers of art and partisans of historical and contemporary fiction.
Автор: Hittner Arthur D. Название: Artist, Soldier, Lover, Muse ISBN: 099898101X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780998981017 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2494.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Freshly graduated from Yale in 1935, Henry J. Kapler parlays his talent, determination, and creative energy into a burgeoning art career in New York under the wing of artists such as Edward Hopper and Reginald Marsh. The young artist first gains notoriety when his depiction of a symbolic, interracial handshake between ballplayers is attacked by a knife-wielding assailant at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington. Yet even as his art star rises, his personal life turns precarious--and perilous--when his love for Fiona, a young WPA muralist, collides with his growing attraction to the exquisitely beautiful Alice, an ex-chorus girl who becomes his model and muse. Alice is the girlfriend of Fiona's cousin, Jake Powell, the hotheaded, hard-drinking outfielder for the New York Yankees whose jealousy explodes into abuse and rage, endangering the lives of all three. While Henry wrestles with his complicated love life, he also struggles mightily to reconcile his pacifism with the rabid patriotism of his Jewish-Russian EmigrE father. As war draws near, Henry faces two difficult choices, one of which could cost him his life. Artist, Soldier, Lover, Muse transports the reader to pre-war New York City, into the creative mind of the artist, and into the lives of major figures from the worlds of art, sports, and politics. In the tradition of art-centered fiction such as Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch, Dominic Smith's The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, and B. A. Shapiro's The Art Forger, it will appeal to art lovers, sports enthusiasts, and lovers of smart historical fiction.
