All-Over Painting
In the summer 2018, Culture in Architecture’s founder Aline Asmar D’Amman, while designing the new « Jules Vernes » , shared several keywords with me that led to the creation of grand scale sky paintings at the famous Eiffel Tower restaurant. – Etchings / like in a cloud/ Basquiat’s Eiffel Tower painting/ thunderous. The skies […]
The story behind the decorative paintings of the Grands Appartements at the Hôtel de Crillon, based on the indications given by Karl Lagerfeld. Episode 1 When artistic director, Aline d’Amann, in charge of redecorating the hotel, first approached Karl Lagerfeld about the Grands Appartements, I had already been working for the great designer for over […]
How a myth became an inspiration for one of the most exquisite rooms of the Hôtel de Crillon, a Rosewood Hotel in Paris. Karl Lagerfeld , While visiting the future suites that would carry his unmistakable touch, recounted the story of a drunk Bacchus in lusty pursuit of a nymph, who, startled, ran away and […]
Christophe Martin 