The Renoir girls a hidden history of art, war, and betrayal

"Three sisters, the daughters of a prominent French Jewish family, all painted as children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In the turbulent years from the Belle Epoque to World War II, one would marry an English aristocrat and escape; one would become a collaborator with the Nazis; one would die in Auschw...

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Main Author: Ostler, Catherine (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atria Books, 2026.
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Summary:"Three sisters, the daughters of a prominent French Jewish family, all painted as children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In the turbulent years from the Belle Epoque to World War II, one would marry an English aristocrat and escape; one would become a collaborator with the Nazis; one would die in Auschwitz. This is the remarkable hidden history of the lives behind Renoir's beguiling portraits.
Physical Description:xii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 23 cm
ISBN:9781668232484
1668232480
Author Notes:Catherine Ostler is an author and journalist who has been Editor-in-Chief of Tatler , the English Standard (London), the Evening Standard magazine (London), and Editor of The Times (London) Weekend. She has also written for a wide range of publications, including The Wall Street Journal , The Daily Telegraph (London), the Financial Times , and Vogue . She studied English at Oxford University. Her first book was the critically acclaimed The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London .