BY JOY DE ROHAN-CHABOT, 20TH CENTURY

Joy de Rohan-Chabot (b. 1942) is an internationally renowned decorative artist known for her whimsical designs drawing inspiration from nature. The artist attended the infamous French school of art and design, École des Arts Décoratifs, studying painting and lacquer and later perfected her art in China and Japan. Countess de Rohan-Chabot describes her works as a “poeticization of reality,” expressing herself on a diverse array of materials such as iron, glass, wood and aluminum. With her creations, she shows that basic materials have the ability to acquire a “simple, timeless and decorative identity.”