Jacques Grange, born in 1944, is a French
interior designer
Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordina ...
.
Biography
After completing his training at the
École Boulle
The École Boulle is a college of fine arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, France.
History
The École Boulle was founded in 1886 and is named after the cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle, who is generally considered to be the preeminent ...
and the
École Camondo, Grange made a career as a decorator in France and abroad from the 1970s. His main customers included
Yves Saint Laurent and
Pierre Bergé
Pierre Vital Georges Bergé (; 14 November 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a French industrialist and patron. He co-founded the fashion label Yves Saint Laurent, and was a longtime business partner (and onetime life partner) of its namesake des ...
, for whom he decorated the Château Gabriel, in
Benerville-sur-Mer, in the style of ''
In Search of Lost Time''. His usual customers include
Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Yasmina Adjani ; born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She is the only performer in history to win five César Awards for acting; she won the Best Actress award for '' Possession'' (1981), '' ...
,
Princess Caroline of Monaco
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,
Alain Ducasse
Alain Ducasse (; born 13 September 1956) is a French-born Monégasque chef. He operates a number of restaurants including Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester which holds three stars (the top rating) in the Michelin Guide.
Early life and career
...
,
François Pinault
François Pinault (born 21 August 1936) is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment holding company Artémis.
Pinault started his business in the timber industry in the early 1960s. Taken public in ...
,
Robert Agostinelli,
Valentino,
Francis Ford Coppola and
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeld (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer.
He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 ...
. In
New York City
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, he provided the decoration of
Paloma Picasso
Paloma Picasso (born Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot on 19 April 1949) is a French and Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, best known for her jewelry designs for Tiffany & Co, and her signature perfumes. She is the daughter of artist P ...
's jewelry shop, of the Mark Hotel on
Madison Avenue, and of the Barbizon Hotel.
His style is characterized by a harmony between traditional and contemporary tastes, with an assortment of styles that follows the line of
Madeleine Castaing
Madeleine Castaing (, Magistry; 1894–1992) was a French antiques dealer and interior designer of international renown. She was the friend and the Sponsor (commercial), sponsor of many artists, including Soutine, who made her portrait in 1928. Or ...
, who taught him the art of decoration.
In 1980, Grange acquired
Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...
's apartment, at the
Palais-Royal in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
. He rearranged it in order to make it his residence while respecting the spirit of the place.
TV interview of Jacques Grange
by Frédéric Mitterrand
Frédéric Mitterrand (born 21 August 1947) is a French politician who served as Minister of Culture and Communication of France from 2009 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. Throughout his career, he has been an actor, screenwriter, tele ...
, ''Du côté de chez Fred'', December 20, 1988, archives of the INA.
Bibliography
* Pierre Passebon, ''Jacques Grange'', Éditions du Regard, 2008
See also
* François-Marie Banier
François-Marie Banier () (born ) is a French novelist, playwright, artist, actor and photographer. He is particularly known for his photographs of celebrities and other public figures and for his friendships with members of high society. In a pr ...
Footnotes
External links
Les objets de Jacques Grange
'' Les Échos'', March 23, 2007
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1944 births
Living people
French interior designers