Mr. Britt’s house in Water Mill, N.Y., was a replica of a neo-Classical villa in Poland that had itself been modeled on the Petit Trianon at Versailles. Inside, the influences were many and varied.Max Kim-Bee, from “Fabulous,” 2017 Rizzoli
Tom Britt, Designer of Larger-Than-Life Interiors, Dies at 89
A master of the grand gesture, he was as theatrical as his rooms, which were inspired by French chateaus and Italian palazzos. As he put it, “Why be ordinary?”
以設計氣勢恢宏的室內空間聞名的湯姆布里特逝世，享年89歲
他是一位擅長營造宏大氛圍的大師，作品如同他本人一樣充滿戲劇性，靈感源自法國城堡和義大利宮殿。正如他所說：“何必平庸？”
托馬斯·伯金·布里特於1936年3月4日出生於堪薩斯城，是露絲（娘家姓伯金）·布里特（一位來自聖安東尼奧的牧師之女）和詹姆斯·托馬斯·布里特（一位律師）的兩個兒子中的長子。 湯姆很有藝術天賦，心靈手巧，酷愛《家居與花園》和《美好家園》等家居裝飾雜誌，他的家人對他的創意給予了極大的自由。小時候，他在家裡地下室的爐子上畫了一棵盛開的蘋果樹。 12歲時，他被允許自由發揮，裝飾祖父母家的三樓，並把它漆成了黑色和銀色。 15歲時，趁父母度假，他被允許重新設計他們的房子。他移動了牆壁，在餐廳裡安裝了壁柱，把父親的臥室漆成了紅色；母親的臥室則被他用床墊套包裹起來。 圖片 一幅描繪三個人重新裝修房間的素描。 這是布里特先生16歲時畫的一幅畫。大約在同一時期，他趁父母度假時重新裝修了他們的房子，把父親的房間漆成了紅色。 「我父親當時氣瘋了，」他後來回憶道。圖片來源：《Fabulous》，Rizzoli出版社，2017年 “我母親倒是挺喜歡的，”他在1998年接受《泰晤士報》採訪時說道，“我父親氣瘋了。” 1954年，他獲得了一項獎學金，資助他在帕森設計學院的第一年學習，其中包括與新生一起乘船前往歐洲旅行。他和朱莉·克雷弗林正是在那次旅行中相戀。他們於1959年結婚，同年布里特先生從紐約大學畢業。 1964年，他創辦了自己的公司。
Thomas Burgin Britt was born on March 4, 1936, in Kansas City,
Tom was artistic and handy, a scholar of decorating magazines like House & Garden and House Beautiful, and his family let him have his head to an astonishing degree. As a child, he painted an image of an apple tree in full bloom on the furnace in the basement of the family home. At 12, he was given free rein over the third floor of his grandparents’ house, and he painted it black and silver. At 15, he was allowed to redesign his parents’ house while they were on vacation. He moved walls, installed pilasters in the dining room and painted his father’s bedroom red; his mother’s bedroom, he swathed in mattress ticking.
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A drawing Mr. Britt made when he was 16. Around the same time, he redecorated his parents’ house while they were on vacation, painting his father’s room red. “My father was enraged,” he later said.Credit...from “Fabulous,” Rizzoli, 2017“My mother kind of loved it,” he told The Times in 1998. “My father was enraged.”
In 1954, he won a scholarship that paid for his first year at Parsons, which included traveling to Europe by ship with the freshman class. He and Julie Creveling fell in love on that trip. They married in 1959, the year Mr. Britt graduated from N.Y.U., and he started his firm in 1964.
帕森設計學院（英語：Parsons School of Design），是於1896年成立的藝術學校。帕森設計學院自1970年起便附屬於新學院，是私立藝術與設計學院協會的會員之一。
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| Type | Private Art and Design School |
| Established | 1896[1] |
Parent institution | The New School |
| Accreditation | MSCHE |
Academic affiliations | |
| Dean | Anne Gaines |
Academic staff | 1,400[2] |
| Students | 5,755[2] |
| Undergraduates | 4,604[2] |
| Postgraduates | 1,151[2] |
| Location | , 40°44′07″N 73°59′39″W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | White, Black, Parsons Red[3] |
| Affiliations | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
| Mascot | Gnarls the Narwhal[4] |
| Website | newschool |
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