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Fictional accounts of prominent artists paired with nonfiction overviews of the artists’ lives and work.

AudubonJohn James Audubon

Audubon’s Watch
John Gregory Brown
FIC BROWN

Creation
Katherine Govier
FIC GOVIER

The Watercolors for the Birds of America
John James Audubon
OVERSIZE 598.0973 AUD

Peter Bruegel

As Above, So Below: A Novel of Peter Bruegel
Rudy Rucker
FIC RUCKER

Bruegel
Keith Roberts
OVERSIZE 759.9492 ROB

Caravaggio

Doubting Thomas: A Novel About Caravaggio
Atle Næss
FIC NAESS

Caravaggio
759.5 CAR

The Lost Painting
Jonathan Harr
759.5 HAR

Emily Carr

The Forest Lover
Susan Vreeland
FIC VREELAND

Carr, O’Keeffe, Kahlo: Places of Their Own
Sharyn Rohlfsen Udall
709.22 UDA

CassattMary Cassatt

Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper
Harriet Scott Chessman
FIC  CHESSMAN

Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman
Mary Cassatt
OVERSIZE 759.13 CAS

Cezanne

The Cézanne Chase
Thomas Swan
FIC SWAN

Cézanne: The Self-Portraits
Steven Platzman
759.4 PLA

Chagall

The World to Come
Dara Horn
FIC HORN

Marc Chagall: Origins and Paths
Marc Chagall
OVERSIZE 759.7 CHA

da VinciLeonardo da Vinci

The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
FIC BROWN

Leonardo’s Swans
Karen Essex
FIC ESSEX

The Art and Mythology of the Da Vinci Code
David M. Morris
OVERSIZE 813.54 BRO

Leonardo Da Vinci: Origins of a Genius
David Alan Brown
OVERSIZE 759.5 BRO

Marcel Duchamp

Holy Skirts
Rene Steinke
FIC STEINKE

Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
OVERSIZE 759.0663 DUC

GauguinGauguin

The Way to Paradise
Mario Vargas Llosa
FIC VARGAS LLOSA

Gauguin
Britt Salvesen
759.4 SAL

Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia
Alexandra Lapierre
FIC LAPIERRE

Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi
Keith Christiansen
759.5 CHR

Rockwell Kent

The Big Why
Michael Winter
FIC WINTER

Rockwell Kent’s Forgotten Landscapes
759.13 KEN

Frida Kahlo

Frida
Barbara Louise Mujica
FIC MUJICA

Beauty Is Convulsive: The Passion of Frida Kahlo
Carole Maso
811.54 MAS

Gustav Klimt

The Painted Kiss
Elizabeth Hickey
FIC HICKEY

Gustav Klimt: Modernism in the Making
Gustav Klimt
OVERSIZE 759.13 KLI

Matisse

The Matisse Stories
A. S. Byatt
FIC BYATT

Matisse
759.4 MAT

Michelangelo

The Agony and the Ecstasy, A Novel of Michelangelo
Irving Stone
FIC STONE

I, Michelangelo
Georgia Illetschko
OVERSIZE 709.2 ILL

Monet

In the City of Dark Waters
Jane Jakeman
FIC JAKEMAN

Monet
Carla Rachman
759.4 RAC

Camille Pissarro

Depths of Glory: A Biographical Novel of Camille Pissarro
Irving Stone
FIC STONE

Camille Pissarro
759.4 CAM

RaphaelRaphael

The Raphael Affair
Ian Pears
FIC PEA

Waking Raphael
Leslie Forbes
FIC FORBES

Raphael: From Urbino to Rome
Hugo Chapman
OVERSIZE 759.5 CHA

I, Raphael
Dagmar Feghelm
OVERSIZE 759.5 FEG

Raphael: The Paintings
Raphael
759.5 RAP

Rembrandt

The Painter
Will Davenport
FIC DAVENPORT

The Rembrandt Panel
Oliver T. Banks
FIC BANKS

Rembrandt
759.9492 REM 

Vincent van Gogh

The Last Van Gogh
Alyson Richman
FIC RICHMAN

Lust for Life
Irving Stone
FIC STONE

Vincent van Gogh
Meyer Schapiro
OVERSIZE 759.9492 SCH

Jan Van Loos & Dutch Art

Tulip Fever
Deborah Moggach
FIC MOGGACH

The Golden Age of Dutch Art: Painting, Sculpture, Decorative Art
Judikje Kiers
OVERSIZE 709.492 KIE

VermeerVermeer

Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Susan Vreeland
FIC VREELAND

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
FIC CHEVALIER

The Golden Tulip
Rosalind Laker
FIC LAKER

The Public and the Private in the Age of Vermeer
Arthur K. Wheelock
OVERSIZE 759.9492 WHE

Vermeer and the Delft School
Walter A. Liedtke
OVERSIZE 759.949238 LIE 

Titian

The Day Laid on the Altar
Adria Bernardi
FIC BERNARDI

Titian: Essays
759.5 TIT

For more online resources regarding Art, please visit our “Art & Architecture” Research Guide

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