Bøger af Susan Vreeland

Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" life. Susan Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her father's betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Naples, inhabited by historical characters such as Galileo and Cosimo de' Medici II, and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter, Vreeland creates an inspiring story about one woman's lifelong struggle to reconcile career and family, passion and genius.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERIt's 1893, and at the Chicago World's Fair, Louis Comfort Tiffany makes his debut with a luminous exhibition of innovative stained-glass windows that he hopes will earn him a place on the international artistic stage. But behind the scenes in his New York studio is the freethinking Clara Driscoll, head of his women's division, who conceives of and designs nearly all of the iconic leaded-glass lamps for which Tiffany will long be remembered. Never publicly acknowledged, Clara struggles with her desire for artistic recognition and the seemingly insurmountable challenges that she faces as a professional woman. She also yearns for love and companionship, and is devoted in different ways to five men, including Tiffany, who enforces a strict policy: He does not employ married women. Ultimately, Clara must decide what makes her happiest-the professional world of her hands or the personal world of her heart.

If you loved GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, you will love this international bestselling story of the girl behind a Vermeer painting.

Cornelius Engelbrecht inviterer overraskende sin kollega, der er kunstprofessor, hjem for at vise ham noget særligt. Et usædvanlig smukt maleri, som Engelbrecht hævder er en ægte, men ukendt, Vermeer. Hvorfor ukendt? spørger kunstprofessoren. Svaret på spørgsmålet er romanens hjerte. Vejen dertil er en rejse gennem tiden via otte fortællinger - fra ejer til ejer - tilbage til det øjeblik da Jan van der Meer fik inspirationen til maleriet i 1600-tallets Holland. Pige i hyacintblåt er en roman om passion, menneskeskæbner og kunstens betydning i vores tilværelse.