Jacques Grange
{{Short description|French interior designer}}
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Jacques Grange (born 27 June 1944) is a French interior designer.
Biography
After completing his training at the École Boulle 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, for whom he decorated the Château Gabriel, in Benerville-sur-Mer. The residence was previously owned by the publisher of Marcel Proust. As Saint Laurent was an admirer of Proust, Grange modelled the house around the themes of his great novel, In Search of Lost Time.[http://www.connaissancedesarts.com/architecture-patrimoine/actu/articles/oeuvres-expositions/breves/pierre-berge-se-separe-du-chateau-gabriel.html Connaissance des Arts, February 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414163454/http://www.connaissancedesarts.com/architecture-patrimoine/actu/articles/oeuvres-expositions/breves/pierre-berge-se-separe-du-chateau-gabriel.html |date=2009-04-14 }}.
His usual customers include Isabelle Adjani, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Alain Ducasse, François Pinault, Robert Agostinelli, Valentino and Karl Lagerfeld.{{Cite web |url=http://www.themarkhotel.com/life/jacques-grange/ |title=5 Star Hotels in NYC | the Mark Hotel – Jacques Grange | 5 Star Hotels in New York |access-date=2013-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325104616/http://www.themarkhotel.com/life/jacques-grange/ |archive-date=2013-03-25 |url-status=dead }}http://www.hellocotton.com/to/51SE#http://habituallychic.blogspot.com/2011/03/pink-in-paris.html "Habitually Chic". In New York City, he provided the decoration of jewelry shop of Paloma Picasso, 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,Jacques Grange, preface to the Sotheby's catalog L'Univers de Madeleine Castaing, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, September–October 2004. who taught him the art of decoration.[http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/jacques_grange/index.html Dossier sur Jacques Grange] : five articles in The New York Times, 1988, 1997, 2004, 2007 and 2008.
In 1980, Grange acquired Colette's apartment, at the Palais-Royal in Paris. He rearranged it in order to make it his residence while respecting the spirit of the place.[http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php?vue=notice&id_notice=I00012657 TV interview of Jacques Grange] by Frédéric Mitterrand, Du côté de chez Fred, December 20, 1988, archives of the INA.
Bibliography
- Pierre Passebon, Jacques Grange, Éditions du Regard, 2008
Footnotes
External links
- [https://archive.today/20090301105404/http://www.lesechos.fr/patrimoine/art-collection/300154410.htm Les objets de Jacques Grange], Les Échos, March 23, 2007
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081002141909/http://blogs.elle.fr/hansaxel/tag/Colette ELLE]
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