Fabulous Masterpieces are in the Evening Standard's Homes & Property 16th April 2008
This week Alison Cork learns how to redecorate without the stress, buys
one of the worlds greatest masterpieces and still has change left over
for some gorgeous new tableware…
Have you always
dreamed of owning a masterpiece? Well now you can, and without breaking
the bank. Fabulous Masterpieces creates and sells what it claims are
museum quality, hand-painted reproductions of the worlds most
celebrated masterpieces. A world away from the poster reproductions of
student days, these luxury linen canvases are oil painted for that
authentic, textured finish. Prices start at £147. Visitwww.fabulousmasterpieces.co.ukfor more details.
Commissioning artworks to go with the decor: naff or interior design genius?
If you can tie in your decor with your painting, there’s a certain wow factor
Wendy Sloane
Toby and Clare Atkinson, a couple of newlyweds, had a dilemma. They loved Matisse’s The Dance, but the painting, with its orange, green and blue colour scheme, didn’t match their understated living room, decorated in dark red, cream and taupe. What to do? Sadly, Matisse didn’t paint a version in those earthier tones, but the Atkinsons knew someone who would.
Her name is Grainne Jordan, and she will paint you something “in the style of” Picasso, Matisse or Miro, in the original colours – or, frankly, any colour you want. Whether it’s for a private house, a hotel, a show flat or a restaurant, Jordan can paint her own take on originals to match the colour of the walls, the furniture, even the cat.
“The painting was such a success that Jordan, who now lives with her husband, Justin, a publisher, and their two small children in Dartmouth Park, north London, has “quite a number” of clients. For legal reasons, she will paint perfect copies only of paintings already out of copyright – that is, those by artists who died more than 70 years ago. With more recent paintings, such as those of Matisse, for example, she claims merely to be inspired by the original.
“Most people have already decorated their house, bought sofas and carpets, and want to buy art that works as well as possible within those parameters,” says Jordan, who spends between two weeks and several months on a painting, in oil, and charges from £300. “And, of course, the client gets something unique.”
Jordan does not have this curious – and apparently expanding – market to herself. Fabulous Masterpieces, an art-reproduction firm based in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, also does its own versions of the classics. A note on its website sums up its offer: “Why spend hours and hours looking for art to match your furniture or your colour scheme when you can simply send us a photo of the pattern or a colour you love and we’ll paint it for you? Art that’s guaranteed to match your surroundings, your style and taste.”
“We can paint anything that anybody wants,” says Anouska Hudovsky, 26, who started the business in November. “If you said, ‘I want you to paint a Rothko using pink and yellow,’ we would.” The works sell for £147-£350, and, says Hudovsky, are popular with interior designers: “People are moving away from having a painting they feel empathy with to having something that will stand out in their home, yet fit in.”
Not everyone, however, is impressed by the idea of colour-co-ordinated paintings. “How tasteless can you get?” splutters David Lee, editor of The Jackdaw, an art magazine. “The designers have the excuse that they can get away with it and make money out of it, but, once you have tampered with people’s original ideas, you are not dealing with the art any more, but with the fatuities of interior decoration.
“I can’t believe people would be so shallow that they could have on their walls something that is no longer a work of art, but that fits the colour scheme of the curtains and sofa.”
Fabulous Masterpieces is just wonderful. The artwork is beautiful and of the best quality and the service is exceptional. Keep doing what you do, I think you're fantastic!
Rita, London,
I think the idea that Fabulous Masterpieces has of picking colours for oil paintings to suit your decor is brilliant, The fact that i can also get this done for around £300.00 is just amazing.
Tina McGowan, London, England
Great concept, idea has proven to be very successful in USA good luck to Anouska (Fabulous Masterpieces) & Grainne
Fabulous Masterpieces offers chance to own million pound paintings at fraction of cost
October 23, 2007 (London, England) – Fabulous Masterpieces, the prime source of top, museum-quality hand-painted reproductions of famous paintings and classic masterpieces, recently announced the launch of their new, bigger and better website, http://www.fabulousmasterpieces.co.uk/ The popular United Kingdom-based boutique art company continues to offer the unique chance to purchase impressive art reproductions of the works of renowned artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Renoir and Claude Monet. Buyers who are in the market for display items for the office or home can buy items at the highly affordable rate of £107.
Among those showcased in the site include remarkable reproductions of Kandinsky’s “Houses in Munich,” Renoir’s “La Grenouillere,” Monet’s “Regatta at Argenteuill,” Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and Da Vinci’s “La Dama Con L’Ermellino.”
Added features to the user-friendly website are the “Designer Art” section as well as the “Hot Paintings” section.
In the former, customers just need to send in photos of curtain material, tablecloths and bed linen etc, the pattern as well as design will then be used as the basis for a painting. Since every single tiny detail, no matter how intricate, will be captured and reproduced, the painting will for sure match the colour scheme in any given room. Designer art services can start from the very affordable price of only £60 with free delivery. Truly, a cost-efficient way to not only liven up a room but to showcase one’s discerning taste.
In the latter, on the other hand, buyers no longer need to contend with mere posters or prints of famous, million pound paintings. This is because Fabulous Masterpieces analyses the top most expensive pieces of art sold in auction houses worldwide and then compare these to their own fabulously affordable prices.
For instance, “Ansicht von Yalta” oil on cardboard by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, which sold for £822,506.14, can be bought for a mere £207 plus free delivery at Fabulous Masterpieces. Truly, waking up every single day surrounded by the likes of million pound paintings can be a source of inspiration and pride.
Satisfied customers have extended their praises for Fabulous Masterpieces. They say that they have become the envy of their friends and that their homes have that distinct “punch.” Customers also take pride in the fact that the pieces showcase their respective tastes and personalities.
Fabulous Masterpieces will only produce genuinely 100 percent hand-painted products made out of the finest oil paints and made on luxury linen canvases. The company is known for employing only highly skilled, proven and professional artists who have the eye for detail, content, texture, scale and style. Hence, customers are assured of quality, professional work.
The products will also be sent to customers in durable, secure tubes. Moreover, for a very minimal additional fee, the painting can already be pre-stretched and delivered to the customer in ready-to-be-hung form.
Fabulous Masterpieces is also very confident in the quality of their reproductions that they offer customers a risk free, full money back guarantee with no questions asked. This certainly proves not only the company’s credence but their dedication towards full customer satisfaction.
Given all these guarantees, customers can be assured that they only get their money’s worth as well as that invaluable, lifetime feeling of satisfaction and achievement when they purchase high quality art reproductions from Fabulous Masterpieces.
For further details about Fabulous Masterpieces cost-efficient and elegant products, visithttp://www.fabulousmasterpieces.co.uk/or send an email toinfo@fabulousmasterpieces.co.uk
