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Listopia > Melliott's votes on the list Books About Painters (11 Books)
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The Painter
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"It's about the life of a contemporary painter."
Melliott
rated it 5 stars
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The Shell Seekers
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"The protagonist's father is a famous painter in Cornwall, with whose art she is intimately involved."
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rated it 4 stars
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I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You
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"It's about an artist who is having an epiphany about the changes in his art."
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rated it 2 stars
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The Girl You Left Behind
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"Historical fiction about a painting that got lost during World War I and has resurfaced in the present day, and its journey."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Blazing World
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"About the art world."
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The Very Picture of You
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"A portrait painter"
Melliott
rated it 3 stars
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The Art Forger
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"Someone who forges art for private clients, lots of detail about process"
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rated it 4 stars
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Spending
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"A mature woman painter who unexpectedly gets an offer from a man to be her patron so she can paint full-time. Provocative, intriguing, filled with description."
Melliott
rated it 4 stars
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Cat’s Eye
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"A controversial painter who returns to her home town for a retrospective."
Melliott
rated it 3 stars
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The Gravity of Birds
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"A dispute over an artist's work--magical realism, lovely."
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rated it 5 stars
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I'll Give You the Sun
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"All the characters are passionate about their art (painting, sculpture). Also a beguiling story."
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rated it 5 stars
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