Masterpieces from Eileen Gray
Eileen Gray
Born in Enniscorty (Ireland) 9 August 1878 - dies in 31 October 1976 in Paris
Eileen Gray was one of the leading designers working in Paris after the First Worid War. She popularised and perfected the art of lacquered furnishings, her preference for its meticulous finish revealing a penchant for out-of-the-ordinary materials, in particular those used in japanese decorative arts.
Gray's work found a valuable admirer in the 1970s (when She was in her 90s), in the figure of the American collector Robert Walker, who sparked something of a major revival of interest in her work and which led to some of her designs being mass-produced. Somewhat overlooked by the design world until this time, Gray is now viewed as an important and influential designer of the early twentieth century. In 1972, she was selected as a Royal Designer to Industry by the Royal Society of Art in London for her services to design.
Born in Enniscorty (Ireland) 9 August 1878 - dies in 31 October 1976 in Paris
Eileen Gray was one of the leading designers working in Paris after the First Worid War. She popularised and perfected the art of lacquered furnishings, her preference for its meticulous finish revealing a penchant for out-of-the-ordinary materials, in particular those used in japanese decorative arts.
Gray's work found a valuable admirer in the 1970s (when She was in her 90s), in the figure of the American collector Robert Walker, who sparked something of a major revival of interest in her work and which led to some of her designs being mass-produced. Somewhat overlooked by the design world until this time, Gray is now viewed as an important and influential designer of the early twentieth century. In 1972, she was selected as a Royal Designer to Industry by the Royal Society of Art in London for her services to design.
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