For his taste for fabulous stagings, Christophe Decarpentrie, 82, will have marked his time.
We remember the Biennale des Antiquaires in 2000 when he had illuminated the underground passages of the Louvre carousel, with his white Lutèce… Who has not come across this colorful character, imposing stature a la Captain Fracasse, surveying fairs and salons in loudly shouting criticism and compliments?
Nothing has ever escaped the demanding eye of this Belgian decorator, an inveterate bargain hunter trained at the School of Decorative Arts in Paris, king of the art of unusual mixtures.
life size horse
“
I empty my stock that I had kept in the hope of making more houses,
explains Christophe Decarpentrie.
My new clients are between
30 and 40 years old, I have to offer them more contemporary, Apollonian interiors, with colors that bring joy to our gloomy times.
But without Warhol and Basquiat that I hate, with rather luminous Nicolas de Staël”,
adds this solar and optimistic figure.
With…
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