Shapiro's The Muralist is an expertly constructed, riveting tale of art, politics, love, and consequences in the Depression Era. If you liked The Art Forger, you're going to love The Muralist !' - Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice 'B. Set during World War II and the dawn of Abstract Expressionism, The Muralist is an intriguing story masterfully imagined about art, war, family, truth, and freedom.

Shapiro once again pens the art world into vivid, sensual life. novel of epic moral failings is riveting, gracefully romantic, and sharply revelatory it is also tragic in its timeliness as the world faces new refugee crises.' - Booklist (starred review) 'B. 'Shapiro follows the enthusiastically received The Art Forger (2012) with an even more polished and resonant tale. In Alize and Danielle she has created two unforgettable women, artists both, who compel us to ask: What happens when luminous talent collides with unstoppable historical forces? Does great art have the power to change the world? Shapiro tells a gripping story while exploring provocative themes. As she did in her bestselling novel The Art Forger, B.

It captures both the inner workings of New York's art scene and the beginnings of the vibrant and quintessentially American school of Abstract Expressionism. Do they hold answers to the questions surrounding her missing aunt? Entwining the lives of both historical and fictional characters, and moving between the past and the present, The Muralist plunges readers into the divisiveness of prewar politics and the largely forgotten plight of European refugees refused entrance to the United States. And, some seventy years later, not her great-niece, Danielle Abrams, who, while working at Christie's auction house, uncovers enigmatic paintings hidden behind works by those now famous Abstract Expressionist artists. Not her close-knit group of friends and fellow WPA painters, including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Lee Krasner. Not her arts patron and political compatriot, Eleanor Roosevelt. Not her Jewish family living in German-occupied France. When Alize Benoit, a young American painter working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), vanishes in New York City in 1940, no one knows what happened to her.

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