November in the Library: Art and Artists

By Anne Newins

Resident Janice Williams has identified a group of interesting books for your November reading pleasure. Pictured below is library volunteer Debbie Adler by this month’s display.

The display table is dedicated to art and artists, including non-fiction art books reproducing works by Audubon, Monet, Hiroshige, Da Vinci and others.  Other non-fiction books by well known historians include:

*The City of Falling Angels, by John Berendt, which explores the murky circumstances surrounding a shocking fire that that destroyed the historic Fenice Opera House in 1996.

*The Greater Journey:  Americans in Paris, by David McCullough, recounts the stories of artists, writers, and others who went to Paris between 1830 and 1900.

*Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson, is a comprehensive biography of the great artist.

Fictional books about art and artists have been written by an array of well- and lesser-known authors.  You might consider:

*Daniel Silva’s popular series featuring Gabriel Allon, an “Israeli spy by trade, art restorer by preference.”

*The Painter, by Peter Heller

*Still Life, by Louse Penny

*The Art Thief, by Noah Charym

*The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt

For those interested in looking at art first hand, Roberta Bhasin reports that there are two events coming up in November, including an art talk in the Deschutes Room on November 2 at 5:00 p.m. by Talent photographer David Liebowitz, who created beautiful images from the ashes of the Almeda Fire.  Art-I-Fact releases will include talks about two works, “Iowa Grain Elevator ” and “The Bookworm,” on November 8 and November 23.  Appropriately, “The Bookworm ” hangs just outside the library.  Be on the lookout for more details about these activities.