The 9 Most Interesting Things We Learned About Martha Stewart in the New Netflix Documentary, 'Martha'
Original article written for Food & Wine
Martha Stewart is nothing short of an icon. And the new Netflix documentary, simply titled Martha, is here to prove it — as it astutely begins, "To this day, you cannot take your eyes off Martha Stewart."
| Courtesy of Netflix Stewart at her home in Westport, Connecticut with a styled meal for her catering company. |
Stewart drew inspiration from the Old Dutch Masters
"Nothing store-bought. Everything homemade," Stewart declared about her catering goods. "We tried to be a little outrageous."
To make her displays as "outrageous" as possible, Stewart says she drew inspiration from the Dutch masters, which, for the non-art history majors out there, refers to a "select group of European artists who achieved the pinnacle of their craft during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, roughly spanning from the 14th to the 18th century," M.S. Rau Antiques explained. "Celebrated for their exceptional technical skills, artistic innovation, and profound influence on the trajectory of art, Old Master works continue to serve as benchmarks of excellence, offering invaluable insights into the cultural, societal, and artistic landscapes of their eras."
For Stewart, this meant emulating their "great displays of food and fruits," which "inspire me tremendously." And once others caught sight of this grandeur through her catering, Martha Inc. was born.
