Luncheon of the Boating Party
by Susan Vreeland
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Author: Susan VreelandEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-02-26
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Summary: 5 Stars
What goes through an artist's mind while creating a painting? Susan Vreeland makes that question the theme of Luncheon of the Boating Party. Generally agreed to be one of Renoir's masterpieces, Luncheon is a huge canvas depicting fourteen people enjoying a repast at an inn along the River Seine. Renoir is depicted at the pivotal point in his career when he was struggling to decide whether to persist with the impressionist genre , or to incorporate more formal techniques and styles. Provoked by a critical comment from Emile Zola, he embarks upon a quest to produce a work to serve as the definitive rebuttal.
Vreeland immerses her readers within the heart of Montmartre and the romantic Parisian ideal of "modern life". A joyous commingling of street scenes and cafe society, artists and models, dealers and yachtsmen, Luncheon is an earthy, incandescent evocation of one of the art world's most momentous eras. Enjoy!
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