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a painting of a woman sitting in front of a sink

Have you ever wondered who paints the pictures used in movies? For his recent film The Grand Budapest Hotel, director Wes Anderson commissioned contemporary British figurative painter Michael Taylor to paint a fictional Renaissance portrait titled Boy with Apple. The film’s plot builds from the artwork, which features a stately, pre-pubescent boy in sumptuous fabrics, holding a plump, if not slightly bruised green apple. The charming intrigue of the subject is underscored by a slightly…

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a living room filled with lots of furniture and a fire place in the middle of it

Beyer House by John Lautner Lechuza Point, Malibu — 1975 Fun fact: In collaboration with interior designer Michael Taylor, Lautner thoughtfully placed colossal granite boulders, weighing anywhere from 3 to 21 tons each, around the house. The task of moving these rocks from a riverbed located in Central California proved to be an extensive and expensive operation. Of the 125 rocks that were transported, only the finest 20 were chosen to decorate the house. 📸 Photos by @timstreetporter…

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a living room filled with furniture and a fire place next to a wall covered in windows

Michael Taylor: Interior Design by Stephen M. Salny. Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author. Michael Taylor (born Earnest Charles Taylor, January 30, 1927 – June 3, 1986) was an American designer best known for creating the "California Look" of interior design. One of Architectural Digest's "20 Greatest Designers of All Time” and "Interior Design Legends". Taylor was noted for his rooms of airiness and light with a…

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a painting of a cat sitting on top of a clock and pomegranate

Michael Taylor was born in 1952 in Sussex County, Great Britain. and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Three of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian Bream, the composer Sir John Tavener, and the writer P D James, Baroness James of Holland Park. The artist says of his work, “I see this…

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a painting of a man sitting in a chair

View Self-portrait - the artist asleep in a chair (1981) By Taylor Michael; oil on canvas; 102 x 76.5cm (40 3/16 x 30 1/8in); Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

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