trompe-l'oeil
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Remembering the 16th and 17th century artisans commissioned to adorn the walls of wealthy Europeans’ homes with murals and trompe-l’oeil, I encourage my friends’ 4-year-old to draw on the living room wall.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Jirsa combines such glossy everyday objects — actual or simulated with adept trompe-l’oeil painting — as black plastic trash bags, pink neon-tube hearts and metallic Mylar balloons emblazoned with, of course, blithe grins.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022
A few trompe-l’oeil Little Trees air fresheners, cast in bronze but painted to look as if they were just stolen from a taxi cab, add an entertaining accent to a promising debut.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021
A plain footstool jumps to life in trompe-l’oeil black and white — both a tangible artifact and an artsy abstraction.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2021
In another picture, in a haystack with the sun shining on it, the trompe-l'oeil has again been as cleverly achieved as by the most cunning of scene-painters.
From Modern Painting by Moore, George (George Augustus)
