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Original Title:	Luncheon of the Boating Party
ISBN:	0670038547 (ISBN13: 9780670038541)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Paris,1880(France)

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Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir's masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a café terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealthy painter, an art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a celebrated actress, and Renoir's future wife, among others, share this moment of la vie moderne, a time when social constraints were loosening and Paris was healing after the Franco-Prussian War. Parisians were bursting with a desire for pleasure and a yearning to create something extraordinary out of life. Renoir shared these urges and took on this most challenging project at a time of personal crises in art and love, all the while facing issues of loyalty and the diverging styles that were tearing apart the Impressionist group. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models and using settings in Paris and on the Seine, Vreeland illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era. With a gorgeous palette of vibrant, captivating characters, she paints their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs in a brilliant portrait of her own.

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Title	:	Luncheon of the Boating Party
Author	:	Susan Vreeland
Book Format	:	hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 434 pages
Published	:	May 3rd 2007 by Viking Adult (first published 2007)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Art. Fiction. Cultural. France. Art History

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If you have an interest in art or art history, and you like historical fiction, then you will enjoy this one. This is a story of Augueste Renior as he painted The Luncheon of the Boating Party, who the models were and how they come to be in the painting. How historically accurate these events are I don't know, but Vreeland weaves an interesting storyline that fits with the gaiety of the paintings subject. This is one of those paintings that makes you say, "I wish I had been there".

I don't usually like reading novels portraying real people. It's hard for me to invest in the author's version of them - I keep wanting to exchange fictionalized versions for actual biographies/memoirs so I can come to my own understanding of who they were.That said, I really enjoyed this novel once I got over the initial hump. It was so saturated with the sense of sunlight and joyful atmosphere of impressionist artwork. I felt myself tasting the meals along with the characters, feeling a breeze

I really wanted to like this book. BUT it was over written, much too long, too much flowery description; trying to convey the thoughts and feelings of an artist came across to me as melodramatic and artificial.I am an artist. I am a colorist...but enough already describing the mixing of every color.I finished the book and endured some of the unnecessary subplots. Paris is my favorite city; I enjoyed the historical references. I learned what I wanted to know about the concept for the painting and

I read this book during my lunch break at work and I really enjoyed it.It is a work of fiction but once I started to read it, I felt as I was in Paris and part of Auguste Renior's group of friends who were lucky enough to be around him as painted his masterpiece; Luncheon of the Boating Party.Susan Vreeland wrote so beautifully and is so descriptive not only of the people she is writing about, but also the scenery and everything going on in Paris at this time I honestly felt as if I was in

Susan Vreeland is an American author of historical fiction who specialises in vivid novelisations of art and artists, and like Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Luncheon of the Boating Party is based around a particular painting. Ever since I read The Horses Mouth by Joyce Cary Ive looked out for books that explore the mind of the artist, and I had also enjoyed Vreelands Passion of Artemesia - about the first woman admitted to the Accademia dell Arte in Florence and The Forest Lover - about the

I love historical fiction and I was really intrigued when I found this book. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. The premise of a book set in bohemian Paris which delves into the lives and conversations of Renoir and the models for his famous painting was irresistable. While Vreeland's research is impressive and provides a lot of detail, it is done in a slow and awkward way. The book provided insight into Renoir's thought process and what it was like to be an impressionist painter. I also found

One of my favourite books to come out of 2007. A fictional treatment of how Renoir painted his work, the Luncheon of the Boating Party, and the various people in it. Wonderful story. Happily recommended. For the longer review, please go here:http://www.bubblews.com/news/6636706-...