Art for Art's Sake feat. B. A. Shapiro, author of The Art Forger

Art In Fiction

21-09-2021 • 44 mins

Join me as I chat with B. A. Shapiro, the New York Times bestselling author of three fabulous novels featuring visual art: The Art Forger, The Muralist, and The Collector's Apprentice.

Highlights:

  • The attraction of art, particularly late-19th and early-20th-century art, as a subject for novels
  • Genesis of The Collector's Apprentice
  • Writing the "bad guy " in The Collector's Apprentice
  • Cézanne and Matisse in The Collector's Apprentice
  • Reading from The Collector's Apprentice
  • The inspiration for The Muralist
  • The role Eleanor Roosevelt plays in The Muralist
  • Modern artists Pollock, de Kooning, Krasner, and Rothko in The Muralist
  • What is a cowardly writer?
  • Art forgery and seeing what we want to see in The Art Forger

Press Play now & be sure to check out B. A. Shapiro's novels on Art In Fiction.

B. A. Shapiro's Website

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Music Credits

Intro:Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
Ad:Celtic Calypso, performed by Lunar Adventures; composed by Gregg Simpson

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