The Last Painting of Sara De Vos

from Beamis12

1600s, Holland, Sara is the first woman admitted to the artist's guild. Her husband was a painter of landscapes, but at that time woman were expected to paint only still life's. After a terrible tragedy changes the fabric of their family, Sara paints a landscape. This painting will affect the for...

from nicole_a_davis

Fairly enjoyable story but I felt the writing was too passive and descriptive. The author would describe the conversation more often than just let the characters speak or even think. Therefore it was hard to really get to know the characters or sympathize with them well. I also found the plot to ...

from flourgirl49

This book ranges from the world of a female Dutch painter (Sara de Vos) in the 1600s to the U.S. in the 1950s (the man who owns the only known painting done by de Vos and a young female art historian/restorer/forger) to the year 2000 in Australia where all of these characters come together, and f...

from ozzer

In THE LAST PAINTING OF SARA DE VOS, Dominic Smith has created a marvelous triptych that cleverly explores themes of feminism, deceit, betrayal and forgiveness. The first panel is set in Amsterdam during the 1630's. Sara De Vos and her husband are talented painters who have been suspended from th...

from techeditor

If you, like me, do not know or care much about the art world, including art history, painting restoration and sales, art museums, etc, you will still probably enjoy THE LAST PAINTING OF SARA DE VOS. I sure did. This novel is two stories: one of Sara de Vos, a 17th-century painter in Amsterdam, a...