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The Last Painting of Sara De Vos
by Dominic Smith
What a really fantastic book. The style of this book is a time hopper; jumping between early 1600s, 1950s and early 2000s. When the lives of two women born in different centuries run parallel to each other we meet Sarah DeVos (17th century painter) and Ellie (art student / art forger). The story explores, how a lonely, dutch painter from hundreds of years ago, influences and changes the course of a person’s life, that that they’ve never met, forever.
Ellie, who repairs antique paintings as a side hustle and is going to graduate school for art history, stumbles across a piece that someone wants her to re-create. The only painting known to exist by the 17th century painter Sara DeVos DeVos is an anomaly in the early Dutch art world, as she is the only woman known to have painted landscapes. When the owner of the original painting uncovers the genius behind the counterfeit, he decides to take matters into his own hands to take some thing from her like she took from him. Instead, he falls in love with her.
While the book is not a romance, novel, and far closer to a historical fiction, the relational aspect between Sara DeVos, Ellie and DeGroot (original painting owner) is both whimsical, terrifying, and revealing.
Even though 17th century, Sara DeVos is a made-up character, the attention to detail that the author gives to her truly brings her to life. I would encourage you that, even if you are not into art itself or historical fictions, this book is a stand out.
Ellie, who repairs antique paintings as a side hustle and is going to graduate school for art history, stumbles across a piece that someone wants her to re-create. The only painting known to exist by the 17th century painter Sara DeVos DeVos is an anomaly in the early Dutch art world, as she is the only woman known to have painted landscapes. When the owner of the original painting uncovers the genius behind the counterfeit, he decides to take matters into his own hands to take some thing from her like she took from him. Instead, he falls in love with her.
While the book is not a romance, novel, and far closer to a historical fiction, the relational aspect between Sara DeVos, Ellie and DeGroot (original painting owner) is both whimsical, terrifying, and revealing.
Even though 17th century, Sara DeVos is a made-up character, the attention to detail that the author gives to her truly brings her to life. I would encourage you that, even if you are not into art itself or historical fictions, this book is a stand out.