I definitely have become a fan of Ms Vreeland! This is the third audio book I've listened to of, and in each one, I've learned so much. I would never have known about Clara Driscoll except that I listened to this book. It was very interesting to be able to visualize life in NYC in the early 1900s...
”She thought of all the people in all the paintings she had seen that day, not just Father’s, in all the paintings of the world, in fact. Their eyes, the particular turn of a head, their loneliness or suffering or grief was borrowed by an artist to be seen by other people throughout the years who...
Susan Vreeland fairly faithfully follows and recounts the real events in the life of 17th century Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi Lomi. Passionate about her art, she fought for acceptance in the artistic community and was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte ...
Emily Carr was a pioneering painter, choosing as her subject the lush landscape and pre-European history of British Columbia. She focused her efforts first on recording the incredible art of the First Nations clans, especially as expressed in their totem poles, but soon expanded to capturing the ...
A wealthy New England blind woman escaped the shelter of her overprotective family to marry a poor blind rancher in a remote California mountain town, and gets the jolt of reality she'd been longing for. There's more to learning to ride western than just horses, and it has to do with seeing eye b...
Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a café terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealth...
Maybe this time there would be a letter from André. I thought again of the last thing he had said to me. It won’t be long, and I’ll be home. Then we can live in Paris. I promise.I filled my mind with that vision, that he would come home from the war and I would be delirious with happiness. We wou...
Tiffany: A Novel CHAPTER 27 POINT PLEASANT “GOOD MORNING!” A month of worry had passed—acute, prolonged, then diminished—and now Henry came into my studio and closed the double doors behind him. “I have some good news.” His lowered his voice. “George will be coming home soon.” “That’s a relief.” ...