Painted Kiss A Novel

Name: Painted Kiss A Novel
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ISBN: 9780743492614

ISBN-10: 0743492617

ISBN-13: 9780743492614

Edition: 2006

Authors: Elizabeth Hickey

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In this passionate and atmospheric debut novel, Elizabeth Hickey reimagines the tumultuous relationship between the Viennese painter Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge, the woman who posed for Klimt's masterpiece The Kiss -- and whose name he uttered with his dying breath. Vienna in 1886 was a city of elegant cafés, grand opera houses, and a thriving and adventurous artistic community. It is here where the twelve-year-old Emilie meets the controversial libertine and painter. Hired by her bourgeois father for basic drawing lessons, Klimt introduces Emilie to a subculture of dissolute artists, wanton models, and decadent patrons that both terrifies and inspires her. The Painted Kiss follows…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Publication date: 3/7/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English

Elizabeth Hickey is the author of The Painted Kiss. She earned an MFA from Columbia University and lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and son.