John Richardson的波西米亚贵族室内装修风格配备了精美的英式和美式古董，而他的一生也是被这些古董填满了；除了古董，还有有趣的纺织品，他的朋友以及各传奇艺术家巴勃罗•毕加索（Pablo Picasso）、乔治•布拉克（Georges Braque）、卢西安•弗洛伊德（Lucian Freud）、安迪•沃霍尔（Andy Warhol）和罗伯特•梅普勒索普(Robert Mapplethorpe)创作的艺术作品；鲜艳的颜色组合；以及能激发美好生活故事的物件。从伦敦到英国白金汉郡田园乡村的斯多中学中威严堂皇的建筑，再到法国南部、纽约市和康涅狄格州乡村，作者John Richardson通过不同地点、物件和人群讲述了他的人生故事——使用自传形式，配有精彩精美插图，以富有娱乐性的方式讲述。Richardson在书中讲述了他在法国南部（在the Chateau de Castille，与知名艺术历史学家兼收藏家Douglas Cooper一起）的、在伦敦（知名奥尔巴尼市的一套公寓住房）和美国（多套华丽的纽约市公寓和位于康涅狄格州的一套乡村别墅）的各住宅的故事。他在这些故事中反映了他自己，借助的是融合有趣的地点、纪念品、艺术作品、激发故事的装饰、数之不尽的各色朋友组合和像是费尔南德•莱热（Fernand Leger）、戴安娜•库帕（Diana Cooper）女士、弗兰•勒波维茨(Fran Lebowitz)、奥斯卡•德拉伦塔（Oscar de la Renta ）和安妮特•德拉伦塔（Annette de la Renta）这样的熟人之流。这本书籍对于关注20世纪艺术和社会历史、关注豪华宜居的室内装修和品质生活的读者而言是必不可少的读物。
John Richardson’s Bohemian Aristocrat interiors are, and have been throughout his life, filled with fine English and American antiques; interesting textiles; works of art by friends, legendary artists Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Lucian Freud, Andy Warhol, and Robert Mapplethorpe; vivid colour combinations; and objects that prompt stories from a well-
lived life. From London and the stately buildings of Stowe School, in the idyllic Buckinghamshire countryside, to the south of France, New York City, and the Connecticut countryside, Richardson shares the story of his life through places, objects, and people a form of autobiography, gloriously illustrated, entertainingly told. In stories about his residences in the south of France (at the Chateau de Castille with celebrated art historian and collector Douglas Cooper), London (a set of rooms at the famed Albany apartment house), and the United States (glamorous New York City apartments and a country retreat in Connecticut), Richardson reveals his life through a melange of interesting places, mementoes, works of art, furnishings that prompt stories, and an endlessly fascinating assortment of friends and acquaintances Fernand Leger, Lady Diana Cooper, Fran Lebowitz, and Oscar and Annette de la Renta, to name a few. Essential reading for those interested in twentieth-century art and social history, grandly liveable interiors, and the good life.
