Author: William Gaddis
Date: 1955
Genre: Postmodern
Country: UK
The Recognitions follows Wyatt Gwyon, a talented painter who turns to forging 15th-century Flemish masters in New York City after failing to find artistic authenticity. Amid a satirical backdrop of a shallow, modern art world, Wyatt deals with a shady dealer (Recktall Brown), moral decay, and his own disillusionment before fleeing to Spain to seek true artistic and personal integrity.