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On October 23rd Pierre Dumonteil and Franck
Laverdin hosted a
reception for an international crowd at
Galerie Dumonteil bringing to New York the interior décor
designed by Camille Roche (1894-1948)
who was favored by the
elite during the 1930s.
The exhibition “Splendoron the Riviera” was created for an
English aristocratic family’s dining room from their villa on
the Côte d’Azur, which has been stored and preserved for over
70 years.
Camille Roche, laureat in 1920 of theAmerican Foundation award for French
Ideas and French Art, was the sonof painter Odilon Roche,
friend of Rodin and brother of decorator Serge Roche
(1898-1988) – a family of important French artists following
World War I.
His painting style influenced by the Impressionists, is of animals, the
countryside and family portraits, but he painted very
important frescoes for the apartments and houses of other affluent
patrons like Colette, Chanel, and the Rothschilds until his
premature death.
This is the first time since 1937 at the Wildenstein Gallery
in New York, that Camille Roche's work is being exhibited,
his atelier having been closed due to the tragic events of
World War II for his family. A few of the guest included:
Amy Fine Collins, Andree Marcilhacy Roche and Juliette
France Roche, Audrey Gruss, Beatrice Pei , David
Cholmondeley the Marquess of Cholmondeley and Rose
Cholmondeley the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Lily
Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Luce Churchill,
Edgar Batista, Emory Westfall and Carole Bellidora Westfall,
Geoffrey Bradfield and Roric Tobin, Kirat Young, Mai
Hallingby Harrison, Nina Griscom and Pierre Durand, Sharon
Handler Loeb, Roy Kean, Ramon Goni, Yanna Avis, Massimo
Gargia, Florence and Serena Calvet, Susan Gutfreund, and
Victoria Wyman.
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