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Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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“A newly discovered Vermeer � it would rock the art world.�
Indeed it would.
GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE is the poignant and compelling tale of the provenance of a fictional undiscovered Vermeer that the current owner, for reasons of his own, is unwilling to disclose to the art world or present to experts for validation. Eight short stories, linked to one another through the painting, trace its life backwards in time from the present owner, through Holland under Nazi occupation in World War II all the way back to the 17th century when a financially challenged Vermeer sought to put brush and his own ground colours to canvas in the creation of a painting of � well, you’re just going to have to read the stories for yourself!
GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE is entertaining, informative and as easy to read and comfortably sink yourself into as looking at your favourite Vermeer painting and allowing his trademark treatment of light streaming through the ever present upper left window to wash over you. Full disclosure � Vermeer is definitely my favourite classical artist so I’ll admit that made the novel even more enjoyable. What a wonderful treat the art world might have if a new Vermeer were discovered.
Paul Weiss
Indeed it would.
GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE is the poignant and compelling tale of the provenance of a fictional undiscovered Vermeer that the current owner, for reasons of his own, is unwilling to disclose to the art world or present to experts for validation. Eight short stories, linked to one another through the painting, trace its life backwards in time from the present owner, through Holland under Nazi occupation in World War II all the way back to the 17th century when a financially challenged Vermeer sought to put brush and his own ground colours to canvas in the creation of a painting of � well, you’re just going to have to read the stories for yourself!
GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE is entertaining, informative and as easy to read and comfortably sink yourself into as looking at your favourite Vermeer painting and allowing his trademark treatment of light streaming through the ever present upper left window to wash over you. Full disclosure � Vermeer is definitely my favourite classical artist so I’ll admit that made the novel even more enjoyable. What a wonderful treat the art world might have if a new Vermeer were discovered.
Paul Weiss
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May 12, 2024 01:58PM
I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
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Lisa wrote: "I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did."Well, I've now completed two stories out of the eight and, considered individually, those two were certainly 5-star efforts. I'm hopeful that reaction will hold up through the entire provenance of the painting.
P.S. Especially since Vermeer is, hands down, my very, very favourite classical artist!
