ANTOINETTE VON GRONE

(German-American, born 1954)

JUNGLE DREAMS

Oil on Canvas

56 x 67¾ Inches

Signed Lower Left, 'Antoinette' and Dated 2007

Provenance:

Austin Hills estate, San Francisco

 

Framed Dimensions: 57 H x 1¼ D x 68¾ W inches

 

Born in 1954 as a Baroness in Kirchbrak, West Germany, Antoinette Von Grone’s first studied at the College for Applied Arts in Hannover, Germany, and the University for Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. Following four years of studies and with a degree in Textile design, von Grone moved to Paris and attended the private Haute Couture school, Ecole Gogele, whereupon she earned a degree in Fashion Design. She subsequently rounded out her fashion education with an 8 month internship in the renowned window decoration department with Hermes-Paris.

 

At the age of 25, von Grone worked with Club Med and taught batik and weaving in Morocco, combining all her knowledge of textiles, fashion and decoration. In 1981, she started her own freelance design studio in Hamburg, Germany, and later moved to California, where she continued to paint on silk and designed scarves for Bogner, Hermes, Leonard and other international fashion and accessory brands. Von Grone eventually made the transition from silk and high fashion to paintings and murals and has worked with well known decorators including Eugene Anthony of San Francisco and Thomas Bartlett of Napa.

 

Clients, Collections & Exhibitions:

Hermes - International Leather, Accessories And Fashion House, France Leonard Paris - International Fashion House, France Bogner - International Fashion House, Germany HCL, Caspar Roth - International Leather and Accessories Manufacturer, Germany, Villeroy and Boch - International Manufacturer Of Fine China And Tiles, Germany Dragoco - International Manufacturer of Perfumes and Aromas, Germany Brendel Lunettes - International Hotel Designer Eugene Anthony - Interior designer, San Francisco Thomas Bartlett - Interior designer, Napa Osburn Design – Interior designer, San Francisco Arc Design - Interior designer, Sonoma., Rene di Rosa - di Rosa Preserve Art collection, Napa John McCaw - Private Collector Allen Shoup – et al.