History reveals that all peoples, over time, have always endeavored to produce more comfortable and cozy environments, decorating and completing their homes with beautiful ornaments and simultaneously capable of providing maximum well-being. All of this has inspired many famous artists of the past that made incredible works of art.
"Homead Visor" designers decided to create realistic renderings generated by characters from six of the most famous paintings in historic rooms. Scroll down and see for yourself.
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Bedroom – Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Bedroom’
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Van Gogh described the painting of his room in the French town of Arles as an evocation of peace and relaxation. The simplicity of the furniture and wabi-sabi feel of the chipped paintwork on the walls and floorboards instantly feels calm and unpretentious.
The jerky angles and inclusion of three claustrophobic walls tend to undo some of the calming effects, however. Our CG image emphasizes the use of natural light from the window, the hanging mirror, and contrasting shades of the doors, all of which create a more spacious feel.
Conservatory – Grant Wood’s ‘The Sun Shine on the Corner’
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American painter Grant Wood is most famous for his ‘American Gothic’ – the painting of a farming couple outside their wooden Iowa home. If Wood’s ‘Sun Shine’ is a little less stern, it retains an element of the same rural melancholy and quietness.
The conservatory maintains this sense of quiet while achieving an enviable level of stylishness. Grant restricted the palette to just two colors: the white of the flowers, walls, and fixtures and fittings, and the lively green of the plant leaves. Shadows, soil, and coal-colored earthenware add relief.
Dining Room – Wassily Kandinsky’s ‘Interior (My Dining Room)’
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Kandinsky was on the brink of evolving from figurative to abstract art when he painted his dining room in 1909 – and it shows. The artist was already more interested in color and shape as a kind of ‘visual music’ than as a representation of concrete phenomena.
His choice of colors for this piece was likely subjective. However, the affection he feels for the space can be very inspirational for today’s swatch-wielding home decorator. Our CG render reveals the textures and shapes that made Kandinsky’s dining room such a welcoming place.
Kitchen – Konstantin Korovin’s ‘Interior’
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The bare walls and wooden floor of Korovin’s impressionist kitchen stand in stark contrast to Kandinsky’s vibrant dining room.
The secret here is function over form. The rustic style emphasizes the use-value of every element, with frills such as the pattern on the tablecloth adding a touch of levity.
Living Room – Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘Interior with restful paintings’
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Pop art pioneer Roy Lichtenstein’s living room certainly doesn’t feel very restful with his signature stripes and dots. And his 2D take is intended to evoke the flatness of a comic strip as much as the space of a real-life room.
Our designers made the 3D render feel more restful by turning it inside out: they put realistic-looking décor in the room and a pair of vintage Lichtensteins on the wall in place of the artist’s ‘paintings within a painting.’ The weave of the rug and upholstery and the geometric fascia of the lamp inflate the artist’s two-dimensional shading into a more tangible 3D form.
Sitting Room – Eduard Petrovich Hau’s ‘Empress Alexandra Feodorovna’s Sitting Room, Cottage Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia’
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Hau’s watercolor of the Tsarina of Russia’s sitting room looks rather posh, decorated richly with stained-glass, and gothic-revival chandelier and screens. In fact, Alexandra’s study was part of a cottage especially built for the Tsarina as a chance to “rest her eyes from all that gold” in her even more formal home at Peterhof Palace.
The pictures Hau painted were, themselves, almost photorealistic in style. If he had had the tools that we have today, perhaps his rendering would have looked a little bit like ours?