![]() ![]() There, Eileen became involved in the Bohemian circles of the time, and was able to explore her bisexuality, in an era of sexual conservatism. Aged 24 she moved to Paris to continue her design education, and for many years quietly and determinedly began designing her modernist furniture. Genius Born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1878 to an aristocratic mother and artist father, she lter went to the Slade School of Fine Art. Organized by Villla Tugendhat at Villa Tugendhat.įollow this link or Facebook for more information about the lecture in Brno.Įileen Gray: Irish. Organized by Villa Müller at its Study and Documentation Center.įollow this link for more information about the lecture in Prague. Organized by Sonneveld House Museum at Het Nieuwe Instituut.įollow this link for more information about the lecture in Rotterdam. Organized by the Ungers Archive at the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum.įollow this link for more information about the lecture in Cologne. Organized by the National Museum at Villa Stenersen.įollow this link for more information about the lecture in Oslo. Lecture Schedule October 2018 Oslo, Tuesday 9 October The film by Vincent Cattaneo documents restoration work carried out by the Association Cap Moderne between 20 (the film lasts 55 minutes and is French spoken with English subtitles). What was Badovici’s role? Why did Le Corbusier paint seven murals in the house between April 1938 and August 1939? How should the house be interpreted in its lived existence? The lectures are in English. But work has also gone into challenging some of the myths concerning the relationship between Eileen Gray, Jean Badovici and Le Corbusier. ![]() The plan and its furnishings proposed a new form of modern living, more adapted to the body and to gesture but also more flexible and humane. In the last two years, much of the effort of the Association Cap Moderne has gone into restoring the fixed and free-standing furniture in the living room. Lecture and Film ‘E-1027 Restoration’ Tim Benton’s lecture focuses on the restoration of the furniture in Villa E-1027 and on the various controversies which have coloured the way the house and its contents have been understood and explained. He has contributed to exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum Art Deco 1910-1939 (2003), and Modernism Designing a New World (2006), and to the first retrospective exhibition of Charlotte Perriand in the Pompidou Centre, Paris (2006). He is currently working on a book on Le Corbusier’s domestic architecture (1910-1951). Benton has published a number of books, including a classic study of the design of Le Corbusier’s villas in Paris in the 1920s that was republished in a revised edition by Birkhäuser: The Villas of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret 1920-1930 (2007). His research interests also include drawing, photography and painting. 1945) is a leading researcher in Modernist architecture, with Le Corbusier as his special field of expertise.
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