2006-11-22 05:22:14 · 16 answers · asked by E.S. 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"Sons and Lovers" by D.H. Lawrence. The story of Paul Morel, a young budding artist.
2006-11-22 05:28:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce. One of the main characters, Stephan Dedalus is a starving artist.
2006-11-22 06:01:47 · answer #2 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier is a great novel with an artist as a main character. I found it hard to put down.
2006-11-22 06:43:35 · answer #3 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Diary- A Novel" by Chuck Palahnuik.
A dark story with a 'troubled' artist as the main character.
Karma.
x
2006-11-22 08:34:42 · answer #4 · answered by angelkarmachic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tattoo Artist-Jill Ciment
husband and wife (she's the artist) marooned in the South Pacific and their interactions with the natives
2006-11-22 05:33:13 · answer #5 · answered by LA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main character, Rabo, in Kurt Vonnegut's novel 'Bluebeard' is a painter.
2006-11-24 17:41:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh. The narrator/main character, Charles Ryder, is a painter.
2006-11-22 09:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by KW 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now You See Her
It's about an artist who ends up painting a potential murder.
Linda Howard
2006-11-22 05:31:05 · answer #8 · answered by kayleesmommy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Girl With the Pearl Earring", and "In DaVinci's Shadow: or my life as Leonardo DaVinci's servant" (one book- or.... is a subtitle)
"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"- Lena is an artist (there art 3 or 4 books- its a series)
2006-11-22 05:57:40 · answer #9 · answered by Isabelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's a trio of childhood favs:
Emily of new Moon/Emily Climbs/Emily's Quest by L.M. Montgomery (the author of the "Anne of Green Gables" books.)
The series features emily, an orphaned budding writer, and her childhood best friend -turned soulmate -turned true love that is separated through circumstance Teddy, an aspiring artist who achieves international acclaim in "Emily's Quest" via a portrait of Emily he paints (based on a sketch he made of her in "Emily Climbs.")
2006-11-22 16:28:50 · answer #10 · answered by lalabee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋