Ursula E. Benad
Ursula E. Benad (with Martin Benad) run the studio Atelier Benad for the creative use of color and wall decoration in Munich. They develop individual designs for private homes and businesses and offer regular seminars on color planning, wall decorating, and illusionary painting. Their previous books include Trompe L’Oeil Today and, in this series, Trompe L’Oeil Sky and Sea and Trompe L’Oeil Grisaille: Architecture & Drapery.
Books by Ursula E. Benad
From a countryside panorama in a windowless room to a faux mosaic wall,
an intricately painted Oriental carpet to a soaring cathedral dome in a
single-story room, Trompe l’oeil painting offers an art form ideal for
contemporary interiors, adding color and aesthetic atmosphere and
responding to specific architectural needs and situations.More
All trompe l’oeil painting uses light and shadow to create illusory forms and surfaces.More
For centuries Italy has exuded a mythical aura: in no other country do
antiquity and modernity, history, art, landscape, and the graceful art
of living seem to merge and coexist with such simple elegance as in
this land steeped in over two millennia of cultural heritage.More
Sky and sea are the trompe l'oeil painter's favorite motifs for contemporary interiors.More