FRANCE 1500: the Pictorial Arts at the Dawn of the Renaissance is an important show being presented in Paris, New York and Chicago by LES ENLUMINURES gallery and its founder Sandra Hindman, the leading expert and author of many books on medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination. It is designed to complement a major international exhibition, [...]
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Andre SORNAY – An Introduction by Alain Marcelpoil
Galerie Alain Marcelpoil, Paris, France
April 19, 2010 – 10:06 am
André SORNAY (1902 – 2000) was only seventeen years old when his father died. He took over the family business completely revolutionizing its production from copies of classical furniture to creating furniture with resolutely modern lines.
Influenced by Bauhaus and the Stijl movement, where the synthesis of art and architecture was a permanent quest, SORNAY belonged [...]