When I first came across an oversized monograph of illustrator Jeremiah Goodman’s work, titled Jeremiah: A Romantic Vision, I was immediately hooked. Page upon page were glorious artistic renderings of impossibly chic rooms of an incredible list of celebrities and personalities – from creative types like Cecil Beaton and Diana Vreeland to boldfaced names like President and Mrs Reagan and Baron and Baroness Philippe de Rothschild. Jeremiah’s work is a unique exploration of art and interior design and fashion – combining multiple disciplines into canvases washed with colour and detail with brushstrokes that are at once beautiful and romantic.
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Here are five such effortlessly stylish abodes, depicted in Jeremiah’s inimitable style, along with his’s commentary:
Carolina Herrera: Living Room, New York, 2009
What drama! Carolina has what I consider to be the most beautifully decorated sitting room in Manhattan – a riot of scarlet and gilt. This was actually my preliminary sketch of the room; Carolina has the completed painting.
Cecil Beaton: Drawing Room, Reddish House, Wiltshire, 2000
I met Cecil for the first time in the late 1940s. We were introduced by our mutual friend, the great stage star John Gielgud. I would like to say we got along wonderfully, but that was not the case! This was Beaton’s sitting room at Reddish House, his country retreat in Wiltshire. A most successful room – a complete reflection of his personality and love of the opulent Edwardian age. Each surface groaned under the weight of bibelots and memorabilia.
Reed Krakoff: Drawing Room, New York City, 2009
While some couples take up hobbies like golf or tennis, Reed and his wife, Delphine, decorate. And they decorate with a capital D! They have a knack of bringing together pieces to tell the most unlikely of stories. A Lalanne sheep beneath a Morris Louis painting. Their taste is as Catholic as my style of painting. What more can I say…
Bill Blass: Bedroom, Sutton Place, New York, 2004
So ahead of its time! So clean, so masculine, so tailored. Bill’s apartment really made an impact – the minimal palette, the restraint. It was a new idea of what good taste could be, coming hot off the heels of the colourful, overstuffed ’80s. Nearly everything Blass owned was severe in its taste, much like the man himself.
Elsa Schiaparelli: Drawing Room, Paris, 2002
Situated on the storied Rue de Berri, Schiaparelli’s apartment reflected her collaborations with some of the most avant-garde artists of her time. Man Ray portraits and furnishings by Jean-Michel Frank transport you to the peak of modernism. Schiaparelli’s signature shade of shocking pink covers a tufted couch draped in a leopard skin. I don’t think a room could possibly be more Parisian.
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