Category: Paintings of interiors

Ideas for your home to push every day back to when any old room designed by Jean Royère was it. Living from 1902 to 1981, he also did design work for the 1960’s steamer “France”. Collections of MAD- Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

"Projet de salle de séjour." 20th c.
“Projet de salle de séjour.” 20th c. French. Faded pencil. Inventory #48495.18. Image © MAD – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Fair use license. via http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/projet-de-salle-de-sejour-6
"Projet de Salon." 20th c.
“Projet de Salon.” 20th c. French. Watercolor, gouache and pencil. Inventory #48495.57. Image © MAD – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Fair use license. via http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/projet-de-salon-0
"Projet de salle à manger pour Madame Beaulac." 20th c.
“Projet de salle à manger pour Madame Beaulac.” 20th c. Faded pencil on paper. Image © MAD – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Fair use license. via http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/projet-de-salle-a-manger-pour-madame-beaulac
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Paintings of the insides of houses to make you want to move right in. Henry Alexander (1860-1894). Born in California he was an American painter whose work generally depict individuals within highly detailed interiors.

"Chinese Interior." 19th c.
“Chinese Interior.” 19th c. In the public domain due to age. via https://americangallery19th.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/henry-alexander-1860-1894/
"Chinese Restaurant." 19th c.
“Chinese Restaurant.” 19th c. In the public domain due to age. via https://americangallery19th.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/henry-alexander-1860-1894/

Jugendstil home decor to cozy right up with, especially the second one with the hunting trophies. How else to make your home look like a Bavarian schloss without lifting a finger. From the 1909 art/interior decorating magazine “Innendekoration: mein Heim, mein Stolz ; die gesamte Wohnungskunst in Bild und Wort.” Collection of and digitalized by Heidelberg University Library.

innend"Sleeping room with satin, ebony and iris beads."
“Sleeping room with satin, ebony and iris beads.” Alfred Altherr, architect, Elberfeld. 1909. Page 165. From the journal “Innendekoration: mein Heim, mein Stolz ; die gesamte Wohnungskunst in Bild und Wort.” Image © Heidelberg University Library. Fair use license. Via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/innendekoration1909/0187/image
Hall, Schloss Neudorf. 1909. Page 262.
“Hall, Schloss Neudorf.”Paul Wurzler-Klopsch, architect, Leipzig. 1909. Page 262. From the journal “Innendekoration: mein Heim, mein Stolz ; die gesamte Wohnungskunst in Bild und Wort.” Image © Heidelberg University Library. Fair use license. Via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/innendekoration1909/0284/image
"Living room and dining room in Nusshauz," Fritz Zeymer, architect, Wien. 1909. Page t.
“Living room and dining room in Nusshauz,” Fritz Zeymer, architect, Wien. 1909. Page t. From the journal “Innendekoration: mein Heim, mein Stolz ; die gesamte Wohnungskunst in Bild und Wort.” Image © Heidelberg University Library. Fair use license. Via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/innendekoration1909/0128/image
"Room with a large fireplace niche." Martin Kimbel, Breslau."
“Room with a large fireplace niche.” Martin Kimbel, Breslau. 1909. Page q. Martin Kimbel, designer. From the journal “Innendekoration: mein Heim, mein Stolz ; die gesamte Wohnungskunst in Bild und Wort.” Image © Heidelberg University Library. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/innendekoration1909/0089/image
Room with macassar ebony with gold and blue leather. 1909.
Room with macassar ebony with gold and blue leather. 1909. Page u. Carl Brauer, Wien, architect. From the journal “Innendekoration: mein Heim, mein Stolz ; die gesamte Wohnungskunst in Bild und Wort.” Image © Heidelberg University Library. Fair use license. Via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/innendekoration1909/0129/image

Tables all set and waiting for you to sit down and eat. Austrian. Carl Moll, artist. Part of the Vienna Secession, he lived from 1861 to 1945, taking inspiration from the French Impressionists.

"Speisezimmer I" (Dining Room I). Before 1939.
“Speisezimmer I” (Dining Room I). Before 1939. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Moll_-_Speisezimmer_I.jpg
"The Breakfast Table." No date.
“The Breakfast Table.” No date. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://arthive.com/artists/70218~Carl_Moll/works/520423~The_Breakfast_Table#show
"At the Lunch Table." 1901.
“At the Lunch Table.” 1901. Image © 2019 National Gallery of Canada. Fair use license. via https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/your-collection/at-the-ngc/tranquility-and-harmony-carl-molls-painting-of-family-life

Design concepts for spaces on the 1960 Atlantic steamer the SS France. Jean Royère, artist. Collections of the MAD- Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

"Salon à Beyrouth." mid 20th c.
“Salon à Beyrouth.” mid 20th c. Graphite with gouache and watercolor. Jean Royère, maker. Inventory number 48495 38. Image © MAD Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Fair use license. via http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/salon-a-beyrouth
"Projet de salle de séjour." mid 20th c.
“Projet de salle de séjour.” mid 20th c. Graphite with gouache and watercolor. Jean Royère, maker. Inventory number 48495 16. Image © MAD Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Fair use license. via http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/projet-de-salle-de-sejour-5
"Salle de séjour." mid 20th c.
“Salle de séjour.” mid 20th c. Graphite with gouache and watercolor. Jean Royère, maker. Inventory number 48495 42. Image © MAD Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Fair use license. via http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/projet-de-salon-7

Watercolors of Russian interiors from long before the revolution had been thought of let alone come. Mid 19th century. Luigi Premazzi, artist (1814-1891). Italian but he mostly painted in Saint Petersburg, keeping busy doing watercolors of rooms in the tsar’s palaces.

"Mikhail Obreskoff's Office." 1848. Watercolor on paper.
“Mikhail Obreskoff’s Office.” 1848. Watercolor on paper. Collection of the Art Museum of Ryazan, Russia. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.art-prints-on-demand.com/a/premazzi-luigi/mikhail-obreskoffs-office.html
"Interior of a living room." 1847.
“Interior of a living room, a domestic interior with four seated female figures.” 1847. Watercolor and white color on paper. Collection of the Radichtchev Museum, Saratov, Russia. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.art-prints-on-demand.com/a/premazzi/interiorofalivingroom1847.html
"Stagecoach Station in Saint Petersburg."
“Stagecoach Station in Saint Petersburg.” 1848. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Collection of the State Historical Museum, Moscow. Image © bridgemanimages.com and 2019 meisterdrucke.uk. Fair use license. via https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Luigi-Premazzi/105682/The-Waiting-Room-of-the-Stagecoach-Station-in-St.-Petersburg,-1848-(wc-and-gouache-on-paper).html

Parisian home decor in case Empress Josephine drops by. Plates from the early 1800’s aspirational decor universe of Pierre Joseph Antoine Leboux’s publication “Mésangère”.

"Draperies de Croiseé," from "Meubles et Objets de goût." Number 114.
“Draperies de Croiseé,” from “Meubles et Objets de goût.” Number 114. Image © 2019 – Martinez-Prints Fleurot. Fair use license. via https://martinez-fleurot.com/architecture-ornementsmeubles-et-objets-de-gout/1591-meubles-et-objets-de-gout-pierre-de-la-mesangere.html
"Lit à Colonne," from "Meubles et Objets de goût." Number 148.
“Lit à Colonne,” from “Meubles et Objets de goût.” Number 148. Image © Étude Coutau-Bégarie. Fair use license. via https://www.coutaubegarie.com/lot/93747/9722821
"Lit à pilastres, Chaises d'Acajou, Garnier," from "Meubles et Objets de goût." Number 77.
“Lit à pilastres, Chaises d’Acajou, Garnier,” from “Meubles et Objets de goût.” Number 77. Image © 2019 – Martinez-Prints Fleurot.. Fair use license. via https://martinez-fleurot.com/architecture-ornementsmeubles-et-objets-de-gout/1609-meubles-et-objets-de-gout-pierre-de-la-mesangere.html
"Divan," from "Meubles et Objets de goût." Number 106.
“Divan,” from “Meubles et Objets de goût.” Number 106. Image © 2019 – Martinez-Prints Fleurot. Fair use license. via https://martinez-fleurot.com/architecture-ornementsmeubles-et-objets-de-gout/1601-meubles-et-objets-de-gout-pierre-de-la-mesangere.html