Born in France, Thierry Despont studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and earned a Master’s in Urban Design from Harvard. After founding his architectural firm in 1980, he built a prestigious reputation, working on landmark projects such as the Statue of Liberty’s Centennial Restoration, the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Decorative Arts Galleries, and high-end hotels like the Carlyle in New York and Claridge’s in London. His many high profile clients included the likes of Bill Gates and Calvin Klein.
While best known for these projects, Despont was a no less accomplished visual artist. His enthusiasms were myriad, and his work focused on an almost incredible range of subjects, including but not limited to entymology, ichthyology, anthopology, history, and astronomy. The very smallest of earth's creatures, like insects, captivated him no less than the universe’s very largest—planetary bodies and the cosmos. All of his work was informed by an unrivaled art-historical expertise, lead by a wholly unique imagination, and driven by an omniverous curiousity for life and the very nature of existence.
A Knight of the French Legion of Honor and an Interior Design Hall of Fame inductee, Despont also authored design books. He exhibited his paintings and sculptures globally, notably at the Marlborough Gallery in New York, London, and Monaco.
SNB 17, Small Framed Planet Painting by Thierry Despont, US, 2002
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Metal, Enamel
SNB 18, Small Framed Planet Painting by Thierry Despont, US, 2002
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Metal, Enamel
UNB 02, Small Framed Planet Painting by Thierry Despont, US, 2003
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Metal, Enamel
UNB 04, Small Framed Planet Painting by Thierry Despont, US, 2003
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Metal, Enamel
UNB 03, Small Framed Planet Painting by Thierry Despont, US, 2003
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Metal, Enamel
Large Framed Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Paint, Paper
Orbe N°1 Abstract Wall Sculpture, Metal with Pigments on Wood, 44cm
By Fanny Szyller Finkelman
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist finds inspiration in the exploration of various discarded materials, transforming them into three-dimensional sculptures full of transparency and life. She uses small piec...
Metal
Paul Manes - Untitled Globe, Painting 1989
By Paul Manes
Located in Greenwich, CT
Paul Manes was born May 4, 1948, in Austin, Texas. He began his professional career in New York City in the early 1980s. His art has been widely exhibited in America and Europe and h...
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Orbital Passage — Circular Wall Art in MicroCristallo Fusione
By Kalarara
Located in Roma, RM
Orbital Passage is a one-of-a-kind circular wall work handcrafted in the KalaRara Roma atelier in Rome. The composition explores celestial movement and spatial equilibrium through th...
Linen, Murano Glass, Resin, Beech
A Planet 2. Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Cosmos, Big scale, Polish artist
By Barbara Hubert
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas figurative painting by Polish artist Barbara Hubert. Painting is in dark colors, it's mostly blue/navy blue. There is a little bit of texture. The Moon...
Canvas, Acrylic
Orbe N°2 Abstract Sculpture, Minimalist, Wood Steel Pigment
By Fanny Szyller Finkelman
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist finds inspiration in the exploration of various discarded materials, transforming them into three-dimensional sculptures full of transparency and life. She uses small piec...
Steel
Denis Perrollaz Interstellar Painting in Mixed-Media
By Denis Perollaz
Located in Paris, FR
"Interstellar" by Denis Perrollaz : Glycero paint, liquid tqr and resine on an old steel traffic sign. 2013, signed by the artist. "Certificate of Aut...
Steel
