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The Magic Paintbrush is a young adult novel in the genre of historical fiction. It was written by J.E. Krueger and published in 2023. The main characters and sub characters are all named after famous painters. In the beginning of the story we meet young Ayden Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Stefan Johannes Vermeer Ayden Fragonard we learn is trapped inside a painting. He tells his story to Stefan Vermeer. Ayden recounts his tragic tale, dating back to the year 1444. He meets the painter Jared Sandro Botticelli and he has a magic paintbrush. He soon finds out how magical when they paint the stars at night like Vincent van Gogh painting entitled, The Starry Night Among the many other characters in the novel, Ayden meets Ethan Bordone, the man with the Pablo Picasso of a face. He also has a run in with M. C. Escher and many other artists throughout history.