The Forest Lover
New York: Viking Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover boards. Fine / Complete dust jacket in Fine condition. Item #5371
ISBN: 9780670032679
All profits from the sale of this edition will be donated locally for community resilience.
First Edition, First Printing with full number line, signed by the author across the title page. Book and complete dust jacket display some bumping to spine head/foot, else fine. Interior is clean and unmarked, pages spotless.
Vreeland spoke to "To The Best of Our Knowledge" in April 2020 about this title, her fictional account of Canadian artist Emily Carr, and the healing nature of art, not just as a creator, but a viewer and witness: a very interesting interview worth the listen.
Vreeland's previous historical novels included "The Passion of Artemisia" about the Italian painter; "Luncheon of the Boating Party" about Renoir; and "Clara and Mr Tiffany" about the artist behind the famed glass lamps.
In "The Forest Lover" Vreeland constructs a history of Emily Carr, the early 20th century artist who traveled to native villages, completely contradictory to her class and gender expectations, to paint First Peoples of British Columbia, and their living landscapes. Carr believed that the landscapes, forests, and totems of Indigenous peoples could not be adequately captured through the delicacy of watercolor, commonly taught to women artists in her time. Seeking techniques better suited to the power of what she witnessed in Indigenous villages, she traveled to Europe to study modern art.
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