Refreshment Room

This interior was created before The Peacock Room but has clear similar influences. Designed by Philip Webb & William Morris, 1865-70. It seems to me that this room did have some inluence on Whistler for the Peacock Room.

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Eastern influence & Peacocks

The Peacock Room was an interior created by the painter James McNeill Whistler. Originally created in a Kensington (London) residence it now is located in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington. There is such a strong influence of east asian art and ornament within the interior. Created in 1876-77. The book titled The Peacock Lounge by Linda Merrill is beautifully illustrated and informative.

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Matthew Harris

Matthew is currently exhibiting in the Men of Cloth exhibition, Manchester. This piece feels particularly striking, quilting, collage, drawing, dying, painterly.

http://www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk/

Matisse

I have not checked out the rest of this blog but this article on Matisse is lovely:

http://www.thestylesaloniste.com/2010/03/artists-i-love-meeting-m.html

Latifa Echakhch

Latifa Echakhch

These images come from her solo exhibition in the US (Swiss Institute, NY). A site specific exhibition titled Plaintes is based on a system of measurements developed by Swiss architect Le Corbusier.