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Paris red : a novel /

"At seventeen, Victorine Meurent abandons her old life to become immersed in the Parisian society of dance halls and cafés, meeting writers and artists like Baudelaire and Alfred Stevens. As Manet's model, Victorine explores a world of new possibilities and stirs the artist to push the bou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gibbon, Maureen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Meurent, Victorine > Fiction.
Manet, Édouard, > 1832-1883 > Fiction.
Painters > France > Paris > Fiction.
Artists' models > Fiction.
Paris (France) > History > 1848-1870 > Fiction.
Manet, Édouard, > 1832-1883.
Meurent, Victorine.
Artists' models.
Painters.
France > Paris.
1848 - 1870
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.
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Summary:"At seventeen, Victorine Meurent abandons her old life to become immersed in the Parisian society of dance halls and cafés, meeting writers and artists like Baudelaire and Alfred Stevens. As Manet's model, Victorine explores a world of new possibilities and stirs the artist to push the boundaries of painting in his infamous portrait Olympia, which scandalizes even the most cosmopolitan city"--Dust jacket flap.
Physical Description:282 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780393244465 (hbk.)
0393244466 (hbk.)