Best novels-biographies of famous artists/novelists

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Best novels-biographies of famous artists/novelists

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1asurbanipal
Aug 9, 2008, 8:14 am

From memory I can name:
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Vermeer)
The Way to Paradise by Vargas Llosa (Gauguin)
A good Hungarian novel about Rubens's life "Lover of Life"
As to writers, I don't know where to start.

2asurbanipal
Aug 9, 2008, 10:46 am

3dcozy
Aug 12, 2008, 3:52 am

The Lost Diaries of Franz Hals by Michael Kernan.

Though it's extremely well done, as near as I can tell no one besides me has read it. Pick up a copy at Amazon for 4ยข.

4dcozy
Aug 12, 2008, 8:12 pm

Oh, and how about The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci by Dmitri Merezhkovsky. It's probably out of print, but well worth seeking out (but you may have to go higher than a nickel).