Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Eileen Gray across 6 places, from 1878 to 1972.
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Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 1878 to 31 October 1976) was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Eileen Gray was documented, and when
9 August 1878exact date
Enniscorthyattested“Gray was born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith on 9 August 1878 at Brownswood, an estate near Enniscorthy in County Wexford in the south-east of Ireland.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
9 August 1878exact date
County Wexfordattested“Gray was born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith on 9 August 1878 at Brownswood, an estate near Enniscorthy in County Wexford in the south-east of Ireland.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1902year
Slade School of Fine Artattested“Further on in her career, she created the Brick Screen which used the Japanese Lacquer techniques she learnt at the Slade School of Art In 1902, Gray moved to Paris with Kathleen Bruce and Jessie Gavin.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1902year
Parisattested“Further on in her career, she created the Brick Screen which used the Japanese Lacquer techniques she learnt at the Slade School of Art In 1902, Gray moved to Paris with Kathleen Bruce and Jessie Gavin.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1926year
Monacoattested“In 1926, she started work on a new holiday home near Monaco to share with Badovici.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1972year
Londonattested“The first retrospective exhibition of her work, titled Eileen Gray: Pioneer of Design, was held in London in 1972.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
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1898year
Buckingham Palacementioned“She was presented as a debutante at Buckingham Palace in 1898.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1900year
Slade School of Fine Artmentioned“Gray's serious art education began in 1900 at the Slade School in London.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1900year
Londonmentioned“Gray's serious art education began in 1900 at the Slade School in London.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1905year
Londonmentioned“In 1905, Gray returned to London to be with her ill mother.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1938year
Parismentioned“Their relationship ended in 1938, after which they never saw each other again, despite both simultaneously living in Paris into their nineties.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
1972year
Parismentioned“At a Paris auction of 1972, Yves Saint Laurent bought Le Destin and revived interest in Gray's career.”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
February 2009month
Parismentioned“In February 2009, Gray's "Dragons" armchair made by her between 1917 and 1919 (acquired by her early patron Suzanne Talbot and later part of the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé collection) was sold at auction in Paris for €21.9 milli…”source: Wikipedia: Eileen Gray
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