The Resource The muralist, a novel by B. A. Shapiro
The muralist, a novel by B. A. Shapiro
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- Summary
- When Alizée Benoit, a young American painter working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), vanishes in New York City in 1940, no one knows what happened to her. Not her Jewish family living in German-occupied France. Not her arts patron and political compatriot, Eleanor Roosevelt. Not her close-knit group of friends and fellow WPA painters, including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Lee Krasner. And, some seventy years later, not her great-niece, Danielle Abrams, who, while working at Christie's auction house, uncovers enigmatic paintings hidden behind works by those now famous Abstract Expressionist artists. Do they hold answers to the questions surrounding her missing aunt? Entwining the lives of both historical and fictional characters, and moving between the past and the present, The Muralist plunges readers into the divisiveness of prewar politics and the largely forgotten plight of European refugees refused entrance to the United States. It captures both the inner workings of New York's art scene and the beginnings of the vibrant and quintessentially American school of Abstract Expressionism. As she did in her bestselling novel The Art Forger, B. A. Shapiro tells a gripping story while exploring provocative themes. In Alizée and Danielle she has created two unforgettable women, artists both, who compel us to ask: What happens when luminous talent collides with unstoppable historical forces? Does great art have the power to change the world?--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616203573
- Label
- The muralist
- Title
- The muralist
- Statement of responsibility
- a novel by B. A. Shapiro
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When Alizée Benoit, a young American painter working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), vanishes in New York City in 1940, no one knows what happened to her. Not her Jewish family living in German-occupied France. Not her arts patron and political compatriot, Eleanor Roosevelt. Not her close-knit group of friends and fellow WPA painters, including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Lee Krasner. And, some seventy years later, not her great-niece, Danielle Abrams, who, while working at Christie's auction house, uncovers enigmatic paintings hidden behind works by those now famous Abstract Expressionist artists. Do they hold answers to the questions surrounding her missing aunt? Entwining the lives of both historical and fictional characters, and moving between the past and the present, The Muralist plunges readers into the divisiveness of prewar politics and the largely forgotten plight of European refugees refused entrance to the United States. It captures both the inner workings of New York's art scene and the beginnings of the vibrant and quintessentially American school of Abstract Expressionism. As she did in her bestselling novel The Art Forger, B. A. Shapiro tells a gripping story while exploring provocative themes. In Alizée and Danielle she has created two unforgettable women, artists both, who compel us to ask: What happens when luminous talent collides with unstoppable historical forces? Does great art have the power to change the world?--Dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shapiro, Barbara A.
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3569.H3385
- LC item number
- M87 2015
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Artists
- Missing persons
- New York (N.Y.)
- Artists
- Manners and customs
- Missing persons
- New York (State)
- Label
- The muralist, a novel by B. A. Shapiro
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1621903
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616203573
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015016909
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1621903
- (OCoLC)898925498
- Label
- The muralist, a novel by B. A. Shapiro
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1621903
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 337 pages
- Isbn
- 9781616203573
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015016909
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1621903
- (OCoLC)898925498
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