The Renoir girls : a hidden history of art, war & betrayal
Ostler, Catherine2026
Book
In 1881, Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted two young sisters from a Jewish banking dynasty at their home in Paris's grand 8th arrondissement. Pink and Blue, a portrait of Elisabeth and Alice Cahen d'Anvers, captures a fleeting moment of innocence and beauty, and today it is one of Renoir's most celebrated works. His portrait evokes the glamour of the Belle Époque: days at the races, nights at the opera, sun-soaked chateaux, brilliant salons filled with art, music and conversation. Paris at its most dazzling. Yet beneath the glittering surface was a surging current of resentment. Renoir's Impressionist masterpiece, radiant with light and colour, hides both a family secret and the tensions of an era poised for rupture. The same society that was illuminated by progress and culture was cast into shadow by division, prejudice and rising antisemitism. In this book, Ostler uncovers revelatory truths about a family at the heart of modern Europe's struggles.
Main title:
The Renoir girls : a hidden history of art, war & betrayal / Catherine Ostler.
Author:
Ostler, Catherine, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., 2026.
Collation:
464 pages ; 595 cm
ISBN:
9781471172595 (hbk)
Dewey class:
944.08120922944.081209 OST
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4277847