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简介:SuePerkins带你一起探究英国室内装饰的变革。 TheArtonYourWall SuePerkinschartsthechangesinBritishtastetowardsdomesticartbydelvingintothestoriesofcontemporarybestsellers,chartingthehistoryofpost-warprintsandaimingtoseefirsthandwhattheaverageBritishpersondisplaysabovetheirmantelpiece.HalfofBritishlivingroomshaveartontheirwallboughtfromhighstreetstores,andmanyoftheBritishartistswhocreatedthemareamongthecountry'smostsuccessful-butwe'veneverheardofthem. Suealsotracksdownthecreatorsofrecenthistory'smostpopularprintstodiscovertheiropinionsontheimagesthatchangedtheirlives.Someoftheseiconicimagesarereproductionsoffamousartists,andsomeareunknowns,butwhoaretheseartists,andwhyaretheysopopular? ShediscussesTretchikoff,theartistbehindthebestsellingprintsofthe50sand60ssuchastheGreenLady,withRedorDeadfounderWayneHemmingway,andmeetsScottishminer-turned-painterJackVettriano,theartistwhocreatedthepopularSingingButler.SuetracksdownUllswatersnapperMelAllenandchatstoSpencerRowell,thephotographerbehindAthena'sManandBaby,beforeheadingtoCornwalltogettothebottomofthetwomillionsellingTennisGirlbymeetingitsflamboyantcreatorMartinElliot.Finally,SuemeetsSamToft,creatorofMrMustard,thequirkyfigurefeaturedinaseriesofbestsellingprints. SuealsomeetsTerenceConrantofindoutabouttherevolutionininteriordesignthattookplaceaftertheSecondWorldWar,includingtheintroductionofHabitatontothehighstreet,whichmadegooddesignaccessibletothewholecommunity,andhowthatinturnhasinfluencedthepost-wartasteofGreatBritain.…