Monthly Archives: September 2008

Luncheon of the Boating Party

Susan Vreeland again explores the life and times of an artist in this novel which, while taking some liberties with the facts, delightfully reveals Pierre Auguste Renoir and his friends (models, other painters experimenting with Impressionism, and the restauranteur’ family … Continue reading

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The Forest Lover

This novel is a largely fictitious but possible story of Emily Carr, the British Columbia painter who began to depict magnificent Northwest Indian totems and their forest settings when the Impressionists had begun to experiment in France but were not … Continue reading

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