Private View: The Secret Lives of the World's Great Artists

by Alexandra Connor

Private View is a witty, informed and highly entertaining excursion into the lives and times of great artists. Gone is the old reverence, and here in its place, are the real stories of the artists who have gone down in history... their women, their crimes, their illnesses, their perversions, their patrons. The author, herself an accomplished artist and a fellow of the Royal Society of Art, brings to life the worlds where art was part of everyone s lives, where rivals murdered one another, shared lovers, stole from one another and generally fought to survive in the astonishing times in which they lived.

Genres: Art

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2003

About the author

Alex (Alexandra) Connor was born in the UK. After beginning her career writing family sagas, she went on to write art thrillers and then historical novels. Having been published and translated in sixteen countries and enjoyed a No 1 best seller, she won the Rome Prize for Literature. Now returning to her love of thriller writing, she is extending her series of art thrillers with A WREATH of SERPENTS.

Reviews

[Meg · Rating 3 out of 5]

read and enjoyed this in high school.