COLLECTOR STORIES The City of Paris Coat of Arms Game Purse J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. A special relationship To celebrate a privileged relationship between the J.Paul Getty Museum and our gallery, The Kraemer familiy gifted the Los Angeles Museum this 18th century game purse, embroidered in silk velvet and silver threads, bearing the…
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COLLECTOR STORIES Henry Ford II, Major industrialist and 18th century art collector. One Saturday evening, in the 1960s, around 6 p.m., while Philippe and Françoise Kraemer were going out to go to the cinema on the Champs-Élysées, they saw a man walking around their car, a Ford. He introduces himself: Henry Ford II. “I don’t…
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COLLECTOR STORIES Jayne Wrightsman, major patron of the MET Jayne Wrightsman, always elegant and refined, regularly visited us in our private mansion each time she came to Paris, with great kindness, to expand her collection. The MET received the fleuron of its 18th-century furniture collections from Charles and Jayne Wrightsman. In the photo on the…
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When Galerie Kraemer is exhibited… Dior exhibition at Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow Organized at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, the exhibition was imagined as a dialogue between the most beautiful dresses created by Christian Dior and contemporary works of art as well as from the 18th century. This…
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Collector Stories Camondo and Kraemer, a long and beautiful story between collectors On September 5, 1917, Lieutenant Nissim de Camondo, son of Comte Moïse de Camondo, went missing on an aerial mission while conducting photographic reconnaissance over the front between Germany and France. As we pay tribute to the heroes of the First World War,…
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Collector Stories “I paid a visit to the young Kraemer rue de Monceau” Between J.Paul Getty and the Kraemer family, a long and beautiful story around art. J.Paul Getty spoke of the great-grandfather of the younger generation in his personal diary in 1930. Since then, numerous art objects from 43 rue de Monceau have found…
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Collector Stories Christian Dior, from art to fashion, the same passion for the beautiful and the timeless. Before becoming the great couturier that we all know, Christian Dior immersed himself in the Parisian world of culture and art, drawing from there the inspirations that would make the identity of his haute couture house. In the…
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Karl Lagerfeld next to the Paris de Montmartel screen, from the Kraemer Gallery. Collector Stories “For the 18th century of high quality, the Kraemer Gallery is my favorite.” Karl Lagerfeld Fashion and Art! The relationship between Art and Fashion has always existed, but specifically since the mid-20th century when certain designers began to draw inspiration…
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Lafayette’s restaurant, a place that spans the ages For several weeks now, a selection of works of art from our gallery has been exhibited in the sumptuous period rooms of Lafayette’s restaurant, 8 rue d’Anjou, Paris 8, recently inaugurated. A restaurant… but also a place and an 18th century decor available to us, recreated by…
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EXCEPTIONAL FURNITURE Splendid “à la tronchin” architect table, presented by Olivier Kraemer This table is a prime example of the craftsmanship of Roentgen, a cabinetmaker. Only few of them exist today. Tables such as this one are known as “Tronchin”; they were invented by doctor Theodor Tronchin during the reign of Louis XVI. Tronchin was…
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