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Take a tour of this Cape Cod home owned by Hollywood hitmaker Ryan Murphy

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ituated at the northernmost tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown has long harboured a resident population of artists who were first attracted to the fishing village by its extraordinary elemental light. 

This former studio was built by seascape painter Frederick Judd Waugh and was later used by Hans Hofmann, a key figure in abstract expressionism and one of the most prominent characters of post-war American art. 

Five years ago, the property was bought by Hollywood TV maestro Ryan Murphy, the creator of hit series including Glee, American Horror Story and Pose.

The purchase was an act of preservation: Ryan and his photographer husband David Miller already owned a home on the waterfront but they recognised the studio’s importance and decided to adapt it as a guest house and entertaining space. 

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Tasked with this role was Manhattan-based designer and antiques shop owner David Cafiero, 
a friend of the couple and fellow Provincetown aficionado.

‘I’ve been coming here for the last 30 years and, coincidentally, I was commissioned to renovate the studio Hans Hofmann had prior to this, which I now rent every summer from the client,’ says David, whose passion for the painter ensured that he approached the project with the lightest of touches: ‘It was important to let the space be the story.’

The property

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From the outside, the building has a New England Arts & Crafts aesthetic, with its neat, shingled façade and roof. Inside, the studio is imbued with a nautical sensibility: timber reclaimed from shipwrecks has been woven into the very fabric of the building, while a vaulted roof resembles the hull of an upturned boat. 

‘This studio is best known for Hofmann but in fact the true genius of the space is Waugh, who salvaged all the beautiful timbers,’ says David, whose past careers as a forester in his family’s lumber business and later as a commercial fisherman placed him in good stead to appreciate the artist’s vision.  

The studio

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The main room boasts a huge window – perfect for painting – as well as a cavernous fireplace, above which is a viewing gallery fashioned from salt-worn wood. 

An 18th-century chandelier highlights the room’s vaulted ceiling. The viewing gallery’s timbers are original to the property and were salvaged from shipwrecks. 

The studio now serves to delight guests, who dine in the gentle glow of candlelight. ‘I’m one of the few people who is brave enough to light the chandelier – it’s lowered with a block and tackle system so I guess this is where my nautical career proves useful,’ notes David, who adds, ‘Last Thanksgiving, we removed the furniture and ran an enormous table decorated with pumpkins and gourds down the middle of the room. There were 26 of us – it was pretty memorable.’ 

Studio details

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On the tabletop is a bust of Joan of Arc and a cast of Barbra Streisand’s head, which was made for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. The portrait of Elizabeth Taylor by Herb Ritts was a gift to Ryan from Julia Roberts. 

Studio workspace

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A seascape by Frederick Judd Waugh hangs above a French desk and a Danish armchair. The tones of a carved African chair sit well with the room’s salvaged timber. 


In the same way that the studio offers a layering 
of narratives – a traditional painter followed by an artist whose avant-garde approach influenced a whole slew of emerging talents – David has deftly layered different aesthetics: an 18th-century Flemish chandelier hangs above a 1930s shearling-covered Danish sofa; sleek 1980s Italian chairs have been teamed with a carved Bavarian table from the early 1900s. 

‘When we were choosing the pieces, Ryan was primarily in California so we did a lot of the sourcing there; he has a great eye and it was important that he could see pieces and understand them,’ says David. 

The kitchen

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The only key alteration David made to the spaces – which comprise the studio, a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom – was to replace what he describes as a ‘somewhat suburban’ kitchen with bespoke cabinetry made from weathered timber reclaimed from old boats.  

The linoleum floor was ripped up to reveal boards that match those of the main room, while the walls were clad in whitewashed shiplap. ‘We wanted to create an almost monastic feel; it’s the sort of space that invites you to wear scratchy wool and sit quietly with a book,’ David observes.

Kitchen details

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David commissioned set designer and mill worker Ellen Rousseau and carpenter, millworker and general contractor Rupert Bankart to create the cabinetry, which is fashioned from timber reclaimed from old boats to chime with the aesthetic of the studio.

Copper worktops complement the mellow tones of the wooden cabinets and original boards, which were discovered beneath a linoleum floor. The beautiful old door is another example of Frederick Waugh’s extraordinary craftsmanship. 

The dining area

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David’s eye for eclectic layering is witnessed in the choices of slender Italian dining chairs and a heavily carved Bavarian table, which create an atmospheric nook.  

David’s refined eye for eclectic layering is witnessed in the choices of slender Italian dining chairs and a heavily carved Bavarian table, which create an atmospheric dining nook within the kitchen.

The bedroom

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The bedroom walls had to be replastered but David ensured that the original yellow of the panelling was painstakingly replicated. 

A faded rug adds comfort underfoot while a Flemish sconce strikes a sculptural note.

Interior design by David Cafiero ; cafieroselect.com

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Ryan Murphy Safeguards Hans Hofmann's Former Painting Studio in Provincetown

Four years ago, TV maestro Ryan Murphy ushered his husband, photographer David Miller, into the Province­town studio where Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann once painted and taught. Thanks to the efforts of later owners, its best features had survived—a mammoth window, a humongous hearth, and above it, a dizzying perch that let Hofmann’s acolytes peer down at art in the making. As Murphy and Miller flipped through archival photos of Hofmann arranging still lifes or the limbs of human models, they shared an impulse: Protect this space.

“The room is its own work of art,” notes Murphy, who, like Hofmann, has done much to boost Provincetown’s creative culture. Seven years ago, he and Miller married here in the dunes, later purchasing a waterfront house—near where the Pilgrims first landed—for them and their two sons to breathe in salt air. (The good vibes have clearly done Murphy well; last year he signed a $300 million contract with Netflix, then the largest Hollywood deal of its kind.) Hofmann, on the other hand, arrived at the Cape Cod fishing village in 1935, taking up residency at Provincetown’s legendary painting school, the Hawthorne barn, before buying his own studio from fellow artist Frederick Waugh in 1945. For the next two decades, Hofmann used the complex to feed fresh talents some avant-garde concepts. If you’ve ever taken a painting class, then Hofmann has kinda, sorta taught you. Pushing shapes to the foreground through color, pulling the viewer’s eye deeper into the canvas, any mention of “plasticity” at all—those lessons bear the Teutonic accent of his guiding voice.

Hofmann in the studio, August 1956, photographed by Arnold Newman.

Photo by Arnold Newman. Image courtesy of Getty Images.

Upon taking stewardship of the studio, with the goal of adapting it as a guesthouse for entertaining, Murphy and Miller handed the keys to Manhattan-based designer David Cafiero, also a pillar of P-Town. He listened for whatever notes could still be struck in the chapel-like space, marveling at the nautical planks that Waugh had fused into walls and nooks. Something of a salvage artist himself—the designer had just restored the Hawthorne barn—Cafiero found wood boards and ship timbers that could be fashioned into a more spare and spacious kitchen. “The happiest discovery was under the linoleum, where we found floor planks that match those in the main room,” says Cafiero, who also replaced prefab kitchen cabinetry with whitewashed shiplap. At the couple’s insistence, all appliances live below the counter, making room for a shelf dotted with finds from Murphy’s antiques-shop rounds—just not too many. “It’s a big space,” says Murphy, “but we wanted to empty it, not fill it.”

Throughout the studio, the couple thought small, situating treasures at eye level. In the main room, a bronze statue of Narcissus points toward a German-porcelain Pan. A life-size bust of Joan of Arc sits next to a delicate cast of Barbra Streisand’s head (made for a puppet show at the 1964 World’s Fair). And two black-and-white Herb Ritts portraits converse from across the room: one a mud-crusted profile of Madonna-ex Tony Ward, the other a smiling Elizabeth Taylor, fully made-up but shorn and scarred after brain surgery. The latter was a gift from Julia Roberts, star of Murphy’s 2014 adaptation of The Normal Heart. She, like La Liz, Miss Streisand, and Bette Davis, who stayed at the studio in the 1980s, is the inspiration for a chapter in the memoir that Murphy has been writing in the perch above the hearth. The book’s working title, naturally, is Ladies.

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Biography

Ryan Murphy is often referred to as the most powerful person on television. He opened the door for disabled actors, brought characters from racial and sexual minorities into the narrative. He gave moviegoers bright films and series, the audience of which is hundreds of thousands of viewers. And this is far from the limit of the showrunner's creative ambitions.

Childhood and youth

Ryan Patrick Murphy was born November 9, 1965 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. His parents are natives of Ireland, believing Catholics. The director described the mother as follows:

"A beauty queen who left everything to take care of her sons - me and my brother Darren."

She has over 20 years of experience in communications. And my father devoted 30 years to the publishing industry.

Ryan attended a Catholic school until 8th grade, then at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis. Here he discovered a talent for writing. Therefore, he entered the Indiana University at the Faculty of Journalism. The showrunner interned at The Washington Post at 1986 with reporter Kara Swisher.

Murphy continued to accumulate journalistic experience in The Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, Knoxville News Sentinel and Entertainment Weekly magazine. In the late 1990s, he began writing screenplays. The impetus for taking it seriously came when Steven Spielberg offered to film Ryan's 1998 play Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn? To this day, the idea has not been realized.

Movies

Murphy's first work - the series "The Best" (1999-2001) - was left without attention. But for the dramatic TV show Body Parts (2003–2010), the director was nominated for an Emmy.

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Ryan was widely known for the musical comedy-drama series "Glee" (or "Losers"). The project brought the showrunner Emmy, Golden Globe, People's Choice Awards, Sputnik, Teen Choice Awards and other awards. Thanks to an interesting plot and high ratings, the film was renewed for six seasons.

"Chorus" is an example of the interaction of creative people. Murphy implemented his idea together with his permanent colleague Brad Falchuk. They have more than a dozen projects to their credit, including the American Horror Story anthology.

Each season of this fantastic thriller is a separate mini-series. The only link is actors Evan Peters and Sarah Paulson. Seasons are usually based on real stories.

American Horror Story proved so popular that Murphy launched a similar project, Scream Queens (2015-2016). This is also an anthology, but the main roles were left to women: Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leah Michele, Abigail Breslin and others.

Feud, a comedy-drama set in Hollywood's golden era, boasts an all-star cast. The main characters Joan Crawford and Bette Davis were played by the current film stars - Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon. Oscar-winning Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kathy Bates were invited to play secondary roles, confirming the thesis that no one in the "dream factory" is immune from oblivion and unemployment.

The Pose series (since 2018) opened a stage in Murphy's biography dedicated to the promotion and protection of LGBT people. More than 50 transgender people starred in the first season alone. And in the center of the plot was a gay African American, who was left homeless because of his sexual orientation.

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There were some representatives of sexual minorities in the musical "Hollywood". For him, the LGBT portal Queerty ranked Murphy among the 50 US citizens "leading the nation towards equality, recognition and respect for all people."

It is worth noting that in the filmography of the director there was a place not only for serials, but also for feature films. Eat Pray Love with Julia Roberts is his most famous work. And in September 2020, The Boys in the Band, about a harmless gay party, premiered on Netflix. All cast members are actually gay: Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer and others.

One of the showrunner's subsequent series is Ratched, a kind of prequel to the events from Ken Kesey's cult novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The premiere took place in September 2020, at the same time there were reports of an extension for a second season. The plot revolves around a nurse who evolves into a sociopathic monster. Sarah Paulson played the title role, and Cynthia Nixon also appears in the frame. Both artists are representatives of sexual minorities. On the screen, they had to play a difficult relationship, implicated in mutual attraction.

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As part of the American Horror Story series, FX is filming new episodes. In 2021, the 10th season was already presented. This time the picture was filmed in a pandemic, which made adjustments to the date of the premiere. Two parts of the film were created in Los Angeles and Provincetown.

The spin-off was American Horror Stories, which was released in 2021. The interest of the public was predictable, so the project was continued.

Personal life

Murphy is an open homosexual. He realized his orientation at school. The director did not consult with the family, but spoke about the interest in the male sex to the therapist. The doctor did not find anything reprehensible in such behavior.

In a 2012 interview with Inside the Actors Studio, Ryan claimed to have met with most of the football team in high school. In my student years, sexual fervor died down by itself - AIDS was just raging in the USA. In his youth, the director was terribly afraid of getting infected, so he regularly took an HIV test, and in the end even refused to have sexual intercourse.

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In the 2010s, Murphy's personal life was in harmony. He met his future husband, photographer David Miller. The wedding took place in July 2012. And already on December 24, 2012, a surrogate mother made homosexuals happy fathers - their first-born Logan Phineas was born.

Ryan Murphy and David Miller now have three children. On October 6, 2014, the second son, Ford, was born, and on August 18, 2020, the third, Griffin Sullivan. There was also a family drama: the average boy suffered an oncological disease. At the age of two, he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. The child had a tumor the size of a tennis ball removed.

Ryan Murphy now

True Crime, by far the most popular genre, was created by Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. This film is based on a real story about a sinister maniac USA. Murphy's favorite Evan Peters was invited to play the lead role in Murphy's project.

The producer and screenwriter did not fail with the theme and its embodiment on the screen: the premiere of the series became one of the largest in the history of Netflix. In the first week, the tape attracted almost 200 million viewers to the screen. This is the fourth result, second only to Bridgerton and Stranger Things.

Murphy continues to write shows for streaming giant Netflix. In 2022, the premiere of the mini-series "The Observer" took place, which was based on a real story. At the same time, Ryan offered his own version of the plot's ending.

Detective is a success with the audience: he quickly displaced from the first place in the ranking of the show about Dahmer. The film was filmed in Westchester County and New York. The filming process went from the end of 2021 to March next year.

Filmography

Interesting Facts

  1. At Murphy’s school, he ran the Meryl Streep fan club. Love for the actress has survived to this day. As a sign of this, the showrunner made her the main character of the musical "Graduation".
  2. The New Normal series is based on the family of Ryan and David Miller. The plot reflects all the difficulties that men faced when looking for a surrogate mother.
  3. Murphy is known for contacting actors he admires directly and offering them roles. Among his favorites are Sarah Paulson, Cody Fern, Darren Criss and Peter Evans.
  4. The Instagram account (the social network is banned in Russia, it belongs to the Meta corporation, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation) for the director is not a tool for interacting with fans, but an advertising board. Here he does not expose photos with his family, but posters of upcoming premieres and excerpts from TV shows and films.
  5. Ryan Murphy abandoned his strict adherence to Catholicism at a young age, but continues to attend church regularly.

Plakati mavsimi 10-umi "Hikoyai dahshatnoki amrikoi" doroi kaydho oid ba mavzui nav meboshad. - Akhbor

Plakati mavsimi 10-umi "Ҳikoyai daҳshatnoki amrikoң" doroi kaydho oid ba mavzӯi nav meboshad. - Akhbor

Vaқte ki bahor ba tobiston va tobiston ba tiramoh mepayvandad, havoi hunuk yak mawsimi digari silsilai anthology Ryan Murphy baroi bisore az mukhlisoni television ast. hikoyai dahshatnoki amrikoi . Yake az qismatkhoi ҷolibtarini mavҷudiyat AHS Yak mukhlisi digar ba ҷuz Evan Peters, ki shoyad kurta napůshad, ҳar sol mefahmad, ki mavzu chі guna khokhad bud. Az in ru, mukhlison ruzi March 10 khayaҷonbakhshi ҳayoti hudro doshtand, vaқte ki Murphy avvalinro barovard hikoyai daҳshatnoki Amriko Plakati mavsimi 10 gift Instagram. Boyak niyati hele sakht, ifsho internet dorad, um, barziyod pur shud bo nazariyahoi mukhlison dar borai on ki mavsim chi meorad.

Murphy az panohgoh to namoishkhoi ghayrioddi, khonakhoi kushtor va kahvakhonaho, Murphy har sol bo yak mavzui digare, ki mukhlison ҳeҷ goҳ namebinand, ba khayrat meoyand mebard vaand lazzat. Dar hotir dored, ki on tanho dar kismi shashumi film chi guna bud Roanoke ki tamoshobinon fahmidand, ki mavsim dar asl dar dar borai yak reality show bud? Bale, taқriban tamomi ҷakhon onro bo in kashfi buzurg az will give dod.

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