I'm enjoying a great book, entitled The Writer's Brush. It's a coffee table book, of sorts, that showcases works of art created by famous authors. The Mid-List Press reviews it, glowingly, here. The image above, for example, is entitled "Paysage Urbain," painted by none other than Victor Hugo, author of such classics as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Misérables.
The book, with an essay by the great John Updike, includes all sorts of great art done by all sorts of great writers, whether it be Sylvia Plath or Winston Churchill, e.e. commings or William Saroyan. The Anita Shapolsky Gallery in New York City showcases some of the work, including a great watercolor by Henry Miller.
Recently, New Hampshire Public Radio interviewed Dpnald Friedman, who has written the book and compiled all these great images. I look forward to poring over the thick tome this weekend.
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