The Artist is a historical novel set in 1920s Provence that explores themes of art, ambition, and female self-fulfillment through the dynamic between a reclusive, tyrannical painter, his overlooked niece, and a visiting journalist.
The story takes place in a remote Provençal farmhouse, home to the celebrated, but reclusive, painter Edouard Tartuffe (known as Tata) and his niece, Ettie.
PROVENCE, 1920
Ettie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle’s artistic genius possible.
Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house. He believes he’ll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe.
But everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.
Over this sweltering summer, everyone’s true colours will be revealed.
Because Ettie is ready to be seen.
Even if it means setting her world on fire.
WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE 2025
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