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FROM: tkennyt@netscape.net
REC'D: 3/25/02, 2:34 PM

Looking for books with famous painters (or their paintings) as subjects, such as: Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, The Passion of Artemisia, Girl with a Pearl Earring. Thanks very much for the help!

Theresa Kenny
Collection Librarian
Aurora Public Library
14949 E. Alameda Pkwy.
Aurora, CO 80012
303-739-6614
tkennyt@netscape.net
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FROM: David Wright <dwright333@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 3/25/02, 2:56 PM

If you go to the Occupation Index of
'Historical Figures in Fiction' (at R 823 Har in
your North, South and Main branches) you'll find
scores of possible titles. ditto 'Historical
Figures in Nineteenth Century Fiction' (R 813.081
Har at your Main Branch), and the Character
description index in Volume two of 'What
Historical Novel Do I Read Next?' (at R 808.83
Bur Vol. 2 in your North, South, and Main
branches), which is not restricted to historical
figures, but which can be cross-referenced
against the historical character index. ditto
'World Historical Fiction' ( R 808.8381 Ada at
your North, South and Main branches) and
'American Historical Fiction' (R 813.08109 Ada at
your North, South and Main branches). All good
sources for all but the very latest titles.

David Wright
Seattle Public Library


--- tkennyt@netscape.net wrote:
> Looking for books with famous painters (or
> their paintings) as subjects, such as: Lydia
> Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, The Passion
> of Artemisia, Girl with a Pearl Earring.
> Thanks very much for the help!
>
> Theresa Kenny
> Collection Librarian
> Aurora Public Library
> 14949 E. Alameda Pkwy.
> Aurora, CO 80012
> 303-739-6614
> tkennyt@netscape.net
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FROM: "Carol Kubala" <ckubala@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 3/25/02, 3:07 PM

St. Charles Public Library has a wonderful list. This can be found at:

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/low/artistsinfiction.htm

I think we might have recently had a similar discussion on this list..
If not, please email me privately. I have a very large list in word
format that I used for an Artists in Fiction brochure recently. It is
not compiled in a neat format but does have author, title, etc.

Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Columbia/Saxton B. Little Free
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

FROM: "Woosley, Sheila M." <SWoosley@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 3/25/02, 3:18 PM

If possible could you e-mail the list to me as a attachment?

Thanks a lot,

Sheila Woosley
Greene County Public Library
Xenia, OH 45385

swoosley@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh


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From: Carol Kubala [mailto:ckubala@columbiapl.libct.org]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:01 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: artistic fiction


St. Charles Public Library has a wonderful list. This can be found at:

http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/low/artistsinfiction.htm

I think we might have recently had a similar discussion on this list..
If not, please email me privately. I have a very large list in word
format that I used for an Artists in Fiction brochure recently. It is
not compiled in a neat format but does have author, title, etc.

Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Columbia/Saxton B. Little Free
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <Martha.Spencer@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 3/25/02, 3:29 PM

Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Diana Vreeland

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From: tkennyt@netscape.net [mailto:tkennyt@netscape.net]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:24 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: artistic fiction


Looking for books with famous painters (or their paintings) as subjects,
such as: Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, The Passion of Artemisia,
Girl with a Pearl Earring. Thanks very much for the help!

Theresa Kenny
Collection Librarian
Aurora Public Library
14949 E. Alameda Pkwy.
Aurora, CO 80012
303-739-6614
tkennyt@netscape.net
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FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 3/25/02, 3:29 PM

>>Looking for books with famous painters (or their paintings) as subjects,

If you are willing to accept "part" of a book, one of my favorites is
Stanley Elkin's Van Gogh's room at Arles, a novella published in 1993 (with
two other novellas that don't have anything to do with art, as I recall)

Van Gogh's room... is the title story. I think that the book has the Van
Gogh painting on the cover, so it would look good in your display. Forgive
me if I'm wrong about this, I work in a library now that doesn't own it, so
I can't pull it from the shelves and confirm any of this. I just remember
that the novella made a big impression on me, and I even used it for a book
discussion.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us

FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 3/26/02, 7:13 AM

An oldie: Dmitri Merejkowski's "The Passion of Leonardo daVinci."

There is also a mystery series featuring Leonardo as the "detective," though
I can't recall the author's name.

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FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 3/26/02, 8:18 AM

I just thought of another one -

Leo Perutz's Leonardo's Judas - the U.S. edition was published in 1989 but
it's really an older book originally published in Germany. I don't think of
it as an "artist" book (although it truly is) because it is so
overwhelmingly about human frailty, faith and redemption. If you're lucky
enough to have it on shelf it belongs in this display.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us

FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 3/26/02, 8:38 AM

Christine Jeffords said:

>>>There is also a mystery series featuring Leonardo as the "detective,"
though I can't recall the author's name.


The books may be those by George Herman

Carnival of saints
Comedy of murders
Tears of the Madonna

I don't know if he's written any others in the series - the last one was
published in 1996.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 3/28/02, 9:27 AM

Arturo Perez-Reverte THE FLANDERS PANEL
Robert Hellenga THE SIXTEEN PLEASURES
Tracy Chevelier THE MUSIC LESSON
Salley Vicker MISS GARNET'S ANGEL

Also, if it is appropriate, the several mystery writers dealing with art
collection and/or theft
Aaron Elkins A deceptive clarity
A glancing light
Douglas Skeggs The Triumph of Bacchus
The Phoenix of Prague
The Talinin Madonna
The Estuary Pilgrim
John Malcolm all his Tim Simpson mysteries, including A Back Room in
Somers Town
and i think he has a new one out,, Sheep,
Goats and Soap

A Deceptive Appearance
Iain Pears Raphael affair
Titian Committee
Giotto's hand
Bernini bust
Last Judgement
Death and Restoration
Immaculate deception

FROM: BookBitch <bookbitch@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 3/28/02, 6:40 PM

Ballantine, Betty - Secret Oceans
Bantock, Nick - all his books
Barnes, Julian - Flaubert's Parrot
Chessman, Harriet Scott - Lydia Cassatt Reading
the Morning Paper
Chevalier, Tracy - Girl With a Pearl Earring
Crowell, Jenn - Necessary Madness
Delillo, Don - Body Artist
Henderson, Lauren - Strawberry Tattoo
Ishiguro, Kazuo - An Artist of the Floating World
Maugham, W. Somerset - Of Human Bondage
Mackay, Shena - The Artist's Widow
Monahan, William - Light House
Morrell, David - Burnt Sienna
Norman, Howard A. - The Bird Artist
Norman, Howard A. - The Museum Guard
Potok, Chaim - The Gift of Asher Lev
Potok, Chaim - My Name is Asher Lev
Rose, M. J. - In Fidelity
Shames, Laurence - Scavenger Reef
Stone, Irving - Agony and the Ecstasy
Swan, Thomas - Final Faberge
Toynton, Evelyn - Modern Art
Vreeland, Susan - Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Vreeland, Susan - Passion of Artesemia
Walters, Minette - Ice House

Stacy Alesi
Southwest County Regional Library
Palm Beach County Library System


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FROM: awilliams@carmel.lib.in.us (Anika Williams)
REC'D: 3/29/02, 11:41 AM

Actually, _The Music Lesson_ is by Katharine Weber. I believe that you're thinking of Chevalier's _Girl with a Pearl Earring_. :-)

Right now, at the top of my "recommended fiction" are two books by Susan Vreeland which both feature art/artists/the art world: _Girl in Hyacinth Blue_ and _The Passion of Artemesia_.

Here are a couple links to libraries whose websites have lists of applicable titles:

http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/Art.html
http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/Novelapproach/art.htm

It would also be easy to use any of the larger readers advisory databases (such as Novelist, WDIRN, or Reader's Robot) and use a keyword of "art" to find other applicable titles.

>Subject: artistic fiction
>From: "Warner, Deb" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
>Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:10:46 -0500
>
>Arturo Perez-Reverte THE FLANDERS PANEL
>Robert Hellenga THE SIXTEEN PLEASURES
>Tracy Chevelier THE MUSIC LESSON
>Salley Vicker MISS GARNET'S ANGEL
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FROM: "Warner, Deb" <dwarner@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 4/2/02, 11:58 AM

OOps! I stand corrected on The Music Lesson's author-- Katherine Weber
rather than Tracey Chevalier. I think I had just read Chevalier's book
and both involve Rembrandt paintings. THE MUSIC LESSON was the book I was
thinking of however, it involves the theft of a Rembrandt as part of a
scheme to fund the IRA (I think). The title refers to the title of the
painting, which actually doen't exist.
Speaking of Rembrandt, has anyone mentioned THE OTHER ADONIS by Frank
DeFord, which involves reincarnation as well as the R Guy and his models? I
always connect DeFord with sparts commentaries rather than rather romantic
thrillers, but I enjoyed it.
Also SHAMROCK TEA by Ciaran Carson, which is built around that Dutch wedding
painting with the pregnant looking bride and the young man with the large
hat and the mirror in the background, the painter escapes me. All the
chapters have the names of artist's colors and is very non-linear in its
narrative.

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