Eileen Gray Furniture Art Deco

Neglected for most of her career eileen gray 1878 1976 is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early 20th century and the most influential woman in those fields.

Eileen gray furniture art deco.

Eileen gray victoria and albert museum eileen gray 1878 1976 art deco artist and designer eileen gray designer of art deco part two art history unstuffed bibendum eileen gray was influenced by the bib. One of her last tasks was to work with zeev aram on the introduction of her designs onto the world market. Today s artists too write extensively about gray s influence. After the war and up to her death in 1976 eileen gray continued to work as a designer on both major projects like the cultural and social centre which occupied her from 1946 1949 and on a number of smaller furniture designs.

In paris she studied to become the first western practitioner of japanese lacquer. Gray moved to paris in 1902 where she was to spend most of her life. If cassandre gave the jazz age its distinctive graphic style then it was a woman an architect and a designer who gave the decade its most memorable piece of furniture still in production today. The irish born designer spent most of her life in paris where some of her most iconic designs were created.

Eileen gray was born into an aristocratic irish family. At the beginning of the 20th century gray showed a major interest in japanese lacquerware and so began working with. Eileen gray born kathleen eileen moray smith. Eileen gray eileen gray 1878 1976 art deco artist and designer.

Aged 20 she enrolled at the slade school of art in london. Initially she was known for her work in the art deco style but by the mid 1920s under the influence of le corbusier. Eileen gray from furniture design to architectural genius. 9 august 1878 31 october 1976 was an anglo irish architect and furniture designer and a pioneer of the modern movement in architecture.

Working with geometric forms eileen gray created plush furniture designs in steel and leather. Neglected for most of her career eileen gray is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early 20th century and the most influential woman in those fields. Before she became one of the most significant figures of modernism eileen gray designed furniture in art deco style. Her work inspired both modernism and art deco.

Over her career she was associated with many notable european artists of her era including kathleen scott adrienne gorska le corbusier and jean badovici with whom she was romantically involved. Many art deco and bauhaus architects and designers found inspiration in gray s unique style.