Dani Heywood-Lonsdale: The Portrait Artist, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Portrait Artist
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury UK, 02/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781526669964
- Item number:
- 11953034
- Volume:
- 326 Pages
- Weight:
- 422 g
- Format:
- 232 x 155 mm
- Thickness:
- 30 mm
- Release date:
- 27.2.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Other releases of The Portrait Artist |
Price |
|---|---|
| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 10.37* |
| Buch, Gebunden, Englisch | EUR 22.87* |
Blurb
One morning in 1890, a painting wrapped in brown paper appears on the steps of the National Gallery and causes a sensation. It's clearly by Timothy Ponden-Hall, an artist whose paintings were celebrated and debated, not just for their beauty, but for the rumours behind them: his masterpieces were believed to immortalise the souls of their subjects.
But the shadowy explorer and artist has been thought dead for the last 50 years - so what does this new portrait mean? The gallery brings in renowned art historian Solomon Oak to investigate the painting as rumours swirl through the streets of London town.
In a bid to uncover the truth, Oak is assisted by an unlikely aid: his daughter Alice. A passionate but sheltered student, Alice has worldly desires which eclipse the life she's expected to lead. Together they discover that exposing Ponden-Hall's legacy will prove more controversial than they could ever have imagined for their family and Victorian society.
Set between London and Oxford, The Portrait Artist is a twisting historical debut exploring race, fame and long-kept secrets.
