Pierre Bergian

Living Room of Mario Buatta, II, 120 East 80th Street, New York

2023

While Jayne Wrightman’s taste was universally recognized as exquisite—she was a peerless collector and long served as a trustee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—the society grande dame and philanthropist chose to work with Parisian decorators Maison Jansen upon acquiring her palatial Fifth Avenue home. In fact, Jansen had already started; the apartment’s previous owner, private dealer Renée de Becker, had brought them in. Wrightsman and husband Charles continued with Jansen; upon principal Stephane Boudin’s death, they began working with Henri Samuel, thus beginning a long association. While the bones of the room owe much to Jansen, the decoration—the colors, the upholstery, and most of the furnishings—are Samuel. Shown here is the sprawling 31-foot-by-21-foot drawing...

Patron of the arts and sciences Ann Getty (1941–2020) brought the same bounteousness to her interiors as she did to her philanthropy, most notably at the 191...

It took interior designer Howard Slatkin 33 months to recreate an 18th century European palace in an Upper East Side co-op. Set on the 14th floor of the...

Its owner unknown, this room in West London’s Mayfair neighborhood was decorated by the Iranian-born designer known as Alidad. The arrangement hints at ...

Pierre Bergian expresses his fascination for architecture through his paintings by exploring space and structure, making use of the presence of architectural components. His current ...

Oil on canvas.

Work on Canson paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 27.5 x 34.5 x 2.5 cm

Peter Kuhfeld (b. 1952) The Salone Grande, Palazzo Barbaro, afternoon Signed 'Kuhfeld' (lower right) Original dealer (W.H. Patterson) label at rear oil on canvas 21 x 29 inches. (52....