Eileen Gray (1878 to 1976) was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. She was associated with many notable European artists of her era, including Kathleen Scott, Adrienne Gorska and Le Corbusier, and worked closely with the architect Jean Badovici, who was also her romantic partner and taught her architecture. Their most famous joint work is the house E-1027 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.
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BirthplaceEnniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, nationality there.
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1. Eileen Gray - Wikipedia
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Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 1878 - 31 October 1976) was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.
Early life section
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.
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Died 31 October 1976 (aged 98) Paris, France
Death and legacy section, sentence 1
Eileen Gray died on the 31st of October, 1976.
Death and legacy section, sentence 2
She is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, but because her family omitted to pay the licence fee her grave is not identifiable.
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She was associated with many notable European artists of her era, including Kathleen Scott, Adrienne Gorska and Le Corbusier, and worked closely with the architect Jean Badovici, who was also her romantic partner and taught her architecture.
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