‘Gray Matters’ to open NY Architecture & Design Film Festival
On October 15, the 2014 Architecture & Design Film Festival will open its sixth season in New York with the World Premiere of Marco Orsini’s documentary,
Eileen Gray
A tour of Eileen Gray’s hideaway
This year might be called The Year of Eileen Gray. In February, the Dragon armchair made by the Anglo-Irish decorator, designer and architect in 1917 became the most costly chair in history,
Eileen Gray: E-1027, Roquebrune Cap Martin
Text © Shane O’Toole. Exterior photos and plan variously © Mairie de Roquebrune and Renaud Barrès/Mairie de Roquebrune. Photos of furniture and Le Corbusier letter © National Museum of Ireland.
Gray, Eileen (1888-1976)
Born on 9th August 1878, at the family home in Brownswood, Enniscorthy, Ireland, she spent her childhood in London and was among the first women to be admitted to the Slade School of Art where she took up painting before undergoing an apprenticeship in a laquer workshop.
IMMA reopens with Eileen Gray exhibition
IMMA is presenting a major retrospective of the work of Eileen Gray, one of the most celebrated and influential designers and architects of the 20th-century.
