Hand-painted murals and crown-like brass chandeliers feature in the Veronika restaurant in New York, which local studio Roman and Williams designed to reference a variety of artistic styles.

The 150-seat restaurant, named after the patron saint of photography, sits inside the New York City outpost of Swedish photography museum Fotografiska, which opened last winter.
Veronika is located on the second floor of the museum, which occupies the storied Church Missions House, a Renaissance revival Gramercy landmark built-in 1894, that was overhauled by architecture firm CetraRuddy.

The project was led by husband-and-wife pair Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer, whose portfolio includes popular downtown Manhattan eateries La Mercerie and Le Coucou, which were also designed Roman and Williams. Helmed by restaurateur Stephen Starr, Veronika serves a menu that features elevated versions of classical Eastern European and French fare, an ode to the all-day cafes of Vienna, St Petersburg and Budapest.
An ethereal mural of a forest landscape by local painter Dean Barger appears upon entry into the bar area. A series of contrasting elements, including an interplay of earthy and cyan tones, is intended to be reminiscent of the early, lesser-known works of Piet Mondrian.

"The concept communicates the historically tense relationship between painting and photography and how each shaped each other significantly and continues to," Alesch and Standefer told Dezeen. "As forms o...