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Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse
by Stanley Meisler
Soutine: A Secret and Solitary Artist (1/2/2015)
One of the things which I enjoyed most about Shocking Paris was author Stanley Meisler's rich details of the personal and artistic lives of a number of immigrant Jewish painters in Paris between World Wars I and II. I was especially interested in his depiction of Chaimmore
Juliet's Nurse
by Lois Leveen
Multi-faceted Angelica (7/7/2014)
Lois Leveen has done a superb job of presenting the lives of both the poor and the rich in Verona, Italy in the 1300s. The author's extensive research is evident in the many details that Angelica, Juliet's nurse, shares as she describes her daily life within the Cappellettimore
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