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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
by Dominic Smith
Sara de Vos is an early 17th century Dutch painter whose last painting is At the Edge of a Wood. In 1950’s Manhattan, Marty de Groot is the painting’s current owner. However one evening he realises that the painting hanging in his bedroom is a forgery. Ellie Shipley is the forger; an Australian art history student at Columbia University struggling to write a dissertation, who on the side restores old paintings and was persuaded to paint the de Vos forgery that would have lasting consequences. Now in the year 2000, the Art Gallery of NSW is hosting an exhibition on Dutch artists, and both the real painting and the forgery are heading to Sydney where it risks unravelling Ellie’s life’s work.
The above description makes the book sound more exciting than it actually is. Seamlessly traversing back-and-forth across three time periods, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is perfectly constructed with some beautiful prose (and makes me want to go view some art at a gallery) which I admired. I liked the book, but I found the characters lacked development for the story to truly take hold and move me.
3.5 stars
The above description makes the book sound more exciting than it actually is. Seamlessly traversing back-and-forth across three time periods, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is perfectly constructed with some beautiful prose (and makes me want to go view some art at a gallery) which I admired. I liked the book, but I found the characters lacked development for the story to truly take hold and move me.
3.5 stars