Starry Nights (30 page)

• Many French families hid paintings in cellars during the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War and during the Nazi occupation.

• During the Nazi era, Nazis looted countless pieces of art across Europe. Today, reputable museums and dealers are expected to research and know the provenance of European paintings that changed hands during this time to ensure that restitution of any once-looted ones has been made.

• Renoir reportedly likened female painters to five-legged calves in a quote attributed to him as: “I consider women writers,
lawyers, and politicians as monsters and nothing but five-legged calves. The woman artist is merely ridiculous, but I am in favor of the female singer and dancer.”

• As for paintings that come alive, well, that is for you to decide.

Copyright © 2013 by Daisy Whitney

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First published in the United States of America in September 2013
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Whitney, Daisy.
Starry nights / by Daisy Whitney.
pages    cm
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Julien discovers that the Musée d'Orsay's Impressionist art is reacting to a curse set by Renoir that trapped the Muse Clio in his painting, and Julien falls in love with Clio as he tries to save her and the world's greatest art.
[1. Art—Fiction. 2. Blessing and cursing—Fiction. 3. Musée d'Orsay—Fiction. 4. Art museums—Fiction. 5. Museums—Fiction. 6. Love—Fiction. 7. Paris (France)—Fiction. 8. France—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.W6142St 2013     [Fic]—dc23     2013009610

eISBN: 978-1-6196-3134-2

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