18 October 2012

Portraits in Time

In the exhibition’s rotunda are, left to right, portraits of writer Pierre Louÿs, collector Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac, novelist Marcel Proust, author Maurice Barrès, and artist Paul Baignères. The decor of the show was conceived by interior decorator Jacques Grange and set designer Nathalie Crinière. Photo courtesy of the Fondation Pierre Bergé–Yves Saint Laurent


If you happen to be in Paris over the next few months, it would behoove you to spent some quality time at 5 avenue Marceau, home to the Fondation Pierre Bergé—Yves Saint Laurent.

The foundation's latest exhibition is a evocative multi-room tribute to Belle Époque painter Jacques-Émile Blanche, who served as one of the inspirations for the artist Elstir in Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu.

 To read my take on the show, which opened last week and was decorated by Jacques Grange, click here.

4 comments:

Lynne Rutter said...

oh thank you for letting me know about this- I sure hope to be in Paris soon! and this is just the tonic for me

Dean Farris said...

Merci' beaucoup!

Brillante Interiors said...

As a Proust obsessed person I really wish I could be there, and Grange design? Heaven!

Anonymous said...

Would love to bathe just once at Hicks'! But with the coming Hurricane, I will count myself fortunate if I get to bathe ANYWHERE once the power goes out, as they say it surely will!