What's your favorite painting/artist and why?

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by homoe

Also Miss Katz a book.............

Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.

History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.

Very nice! Sounds like the perfect story to read about, especially how it transformed her life!