Jacques Grange (born 27 June 1944) is a French

interior designer Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. With a keen eye for detail and a Creativity, creative flair, an ...

Biography

After completing his training at the

École Boulle The École Boulle is a college of fine Arts and Crafts, arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, France. It is located at 9-21, rue Pierre-Bourdan in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, 12th arrondissement of Paris (France). It accepts students a ...

and the

École Camondo The École Camondo is a five-year private school of product design and interior architecture located in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With ...

, Grange made a career as a decorator in France and abroad from the 1970s. His main customers included Yves Saint Laurent and

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, for whom he decorated the Château Gabriel, in Benerville-sur-Mer. The residence was previously owned by the publisher of

Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( ; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote the novel (in French – translated in English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'' and more r ...

. As Saint Laurent was an admirer of Proust, Grange modelled the house around the themes of his great novel, ''

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''. His usual customers include

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, Robert Agostinelli, Valentino and

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. In

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, he provided the decoration of jewelry shop of

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, of the Mark Hotel on

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, and of the Barbizon Hotel. His style is characterized by a harmony between traditional and contemporary tastes, with an assortment of styles that follows the line of

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, who taught him the art of decoration. In 1980, Grange acquired

Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known as Colette or Colette Willy, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a Mime artist, mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaki ...

's apartment, at the

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. He rearranged it in order to make it his residence while respecting the spirit of the place.TV interview of Jacques Grange
by

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, ''Du côté de chez Fred'', December 20, 1988, archives of the INA.

Bibliography

* Pierre Passebon, ''Jacques Grange'', Éditions du Regard, 2008

Footnotes

External links

Les objets de Jacques Grange
'' Les Échos'', March 23, 2007
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grange, Jacques 1944 births Living people French interior designers École Camondo alumni