One of my most prized home decor possessions is a large print called Balinese Girl by Vladimir Tretchikoff. I brought it back to Austin from Peoria, IL. Tretchikoff is one of many artists who gained popularity in the 50's and 60's with their mass produced art. You have probably seen his green faced girl paintings at the thrift store, local tiki bar or above the mantel at the home of your friend with kitschy taste in home decor. I personally think nothing says chic and tasteful like a Tretchikoff print, but then again I have a naked picture of Burt Reynolds on a bear skin rug hanging in my living room. Check out a few of these prints in action and let me know what you think.
It's rooms like this one from Glamour Damaged that make me dream of painting my red living room white. I love all the pops of color and the Tretchikoff print fits in perfectly.
I'd do very bad things for one of these amazing Tretchikoff murals. Come on you have to admit in mural form the prints look pretty penthouse sleek.
Tretchikoff even looks good up against a bold print wallpaper and when paired with Ikea as Frille Designs shows us. Russian artist, Asian girls and Scandinavian home decor - how very continental.
I wonder if this room was designed around the colors in these two Tretchikoff prints?
Whether you like your Tretchikoff in total theme with the rest of your retro decor like Tiki_Kiliki or juxtaposed with a more modern feel green ladies go with everything.
Pretty much everything in this room is bad ass, like whoa that turntable. However, look closely on the wall - I spy a Tretchikoff. Photo by Sarah Kramer.
This is an interesting collection of prints desperately trying to deflect attention from a flatscreen TV. I feel their pain.
Are you a believer now? Are you dying to have your own mass produced green tinted exotic woman hanging in your home? Check out this amazing book called Just Above the Mantelpiece: Mass-Market Masterpieces
with not only oodles of info on Tretchikoff (and free pull out prints to frame) but also several other artists of the time. I also have a small JH Lynch collection hanging in my bedroom. Maybe next post will be a round-up of his topless ladies gracing a few walls.
I can't even tell you how many times over the years I've thought about how I could lift this painting from your home without you noticing that a.) it was missing from yours and b.) hanging in mine. :)
ReplyDeleteMajor envy. Checking ebay now :)
ReplyDeleteI once had a red living room and I loved it until I hated it. My next living room was white with wood floor that was painted red. Everything stood out and it felt so roomy. It was LOVE! Awesome post! Total eye candy <3
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with naked ladies on a wall? I wanted to have all my friends pose on the side of the bathtub like Helen Hunt in As Good as It Gets and hang them in my bathroom. I had one friend do it! And she painted a naked woman in an art class for me to hang in there as well. It's awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving that you wrote about Tretchikoff! You're the only other person besides me that has one proudly hanging in the living room. I however do not have a nude Burt Reynolds of which I'll forever covet and be green with envy!
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