Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Painted Ladies

In design school, one of my favorite exercises with color was matching photos of interiors with a color scheme found in a piece of fine art. These are a few favorites...

La Promenade by Claude Monet

Interior designed by Frank Roop

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Interior by Kelly Wearstler

The Dream by Pablo Picasso

Retail Interior by Jonathan Adler


Comtesse D'Haussonville by Jean-August-Dominque Ingres

Metropolitan Home

Madame X by John Singer Sargent

Gwyneth Paltrow's Kitchen from House and Garden Magazine

Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink by James Abbott McNeil Whistler

Gwyneth Paltrow's Dining Room from House and Garden Magazine

Sarah, Lady Innes by Thomas Gainsborough

Interior from Coastal Living


2 comments:

Freckles Chick said...

How fun! I love your pairings. I definitely majored in the wrong thing! =)

ADOREDVINTAGE said...

Gorgeous pairings!