Color Inspiration with Pablo Picasso

Okay, I am really inspired by the Pablo Picasso exhibit currently at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts here in Richmond. What a better subject for my weekly color inspiration post! Here are some of my favorites.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts proudly announces a landmark exhibition in honor of its 75th anniversary, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. VMFA is the only East Coast venue for the exhibition’s seven-city international tour. The exhibition, which will be on view from February 19 through May 15, 2011, is co-organized by the Musée National Picasso, Paris and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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Monday Inspiration

"It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."

Pablo Picasso

This is truly a Monday Inspiration post for me. I visited the Pablo Picasso exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts yesterday, and I highly recommend it. More to come!

photo: Portrait of Dora Maar, 1937 oil on canvas

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Apartment in Florida

Today we are visiting a colourful apartment in Palm beach, Florida. The architectural design is by Peter Napolitano and Thomas Britt was in charge of the interiors.

Contemporary paintings—by Jim Dine, left, and Sigmar Polke—hang in the main gallery.

Boldly striped in two shades of blue, with a vein of orange snaking along in between, the antique dhurrie in the living room was cut down from a formidable palace rug. The painting is by Léger.

“I didn’t think the furniture should be super-formal,” says Britt, who “mixed it up” with Chinese, 18th-century Italian and 1940s French pieces. The 1999 painting is by Cecily Brown. Neoclassical chairs.

The dining area has an 18th-century Italian chandelier, a Chinese altar table and a pair of blue-and-white ginger jars. Sunset Sea, 1958, is by Milton Avery.

The designer added wainscoting, molding and recessed bookshelves in the study. The drawing, left, is a 1964 Picasso. Studio 54, 1976, is by Andy Warhol.


Pale blues in the master bedroom. The painting is by Larry Poons.

The designer created a casual dining area on a terrace overlooking the Atlantic.

Photography by Scott Frances

All images and information from Architectural Digest.