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Artist Statement:
Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams
create architectural
watercolors of historic
American and European
buildings and garden ornament.
Their work is prized for its
realist technique, employed to
bring destroyed structures
back to life, if only on
paper, and is found in the
foremost international public
and private collections.
Trained ...
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Artist Galleries:
Our U.S. gallery, Didier
Aaron, Inc. holds a number of
our watercolors on permanent
exhibition.
Please contact:
Didier Aaron, Inc.
32 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10021
tel. (212) 988-5248
fax: (212) 737-3513
www.didieraaron.com (hotlink
below in "Galleries")
contact@didieraaron.com...
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Artist Reviews:
Hubert de Givenchy, from his
preface to Chinoiseries:
"Since their first exhibitions
in Paris, I have followed the
path of Andrew Zega and Bernd
H. Dams, and during certain of
these exhibitions I was able
to acquire several very
beautiful drawings that they
created. Each time…it is a joy
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Collections:
MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS
The Cooper-Hewitt Design
Museum of the Smithsonian
Institution (three works)
The Musee des Arts-Decoratifs,
Paris (six works)
The New-York Historical
Society
The Société des Amis de
Versailles (commission)
Le Musée de l’Ile-de-France,
Sceaux
Princeton University
(commission and purchase)
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Commissions:
We have executed commissions
for public institutions and
commercial firms such as
Princeton University, The New
York Times Magazine, the
Société des Amis de
Versailles, Polo/Ralph Lauren
(public and private), Gucci,
Studio Sofield/Aero Studios,
J. Kugel Antiquaires,
François-Joseph
Graf/Ariodante, Vinci
Construction, The Office of
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Exhibitions for Andrew Zega:
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Exhibition, 21 July to October 2005
L’ARCHITECTURE AU CŒUR DES JARDINS. Château de Villandry
European garden structures.
Garden Exhibition, 3 to 6 June 2005
JARDINS JARDIN. The Tuileries Gardens, Paris
Architectural designers for the first garden fair held in the Tuileries Gardens, under the auspices of the Louvre.
Exhibition, 17 December 2004 to 22 January 2005
PAVILLONS, FOLIES ET ORNEMENTS DE JARDIN. Andrée Macé, Paris
Exhibition, 3 to 15 June 2004
JARDINS À LA MODE. Galerie de Bayser, Paris
18th-century French garden structures.
Exhibition, 1 to 24 October 2003
CENTRAL PARK. Didier Aaron, Inc., New York
Pavilions, projects and architectural elements, many full-scale. Patron: The Frick Collection. Purchase, the New-York Historical Society. Reviews: NY Times (illus. “several ravishing drawings”), The Art Newspaper (illus.), HG (illus.).
Evening Lecture, 9 December 2004
PALACES OF THE SUN KING. The Bard Graduate Center, New York
Exhibition, 6 to 16 November 2002
LES JARDINS DE LA REINE. Galerie de Bayser, Paris
Garden structures and ornaments from Trianon, Versailles during the reign of Louis XVI. Reviews: AD France (illus.), Elle Décoration (2 pp., illus.).
Evening Lecture, 22 June 2001
FRENCH GARDEN PAVILIONS & FOLLIES.
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Exhibition and Catalogue, 24 January to 9 May 2001
THE WORLD OBSERVED: Five Centuries of Drawings from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp. The Morgan Library, New York
Watercolor exhibited at the Morgan Library, and illustrated in a double-page entry in the exhibition catalog.
Exhibition, 19 to 30 September 2000
VERSAILLES, TRIANON, MARLY. Galerie de Bayser, Paris
The architecture and ornaments of Louis XIV. Review: Art & Auction (illus.)
Exhibition, 18 October to 4 November 2000
IN THE GARDEN. Didier Aaron, Inc., New York
French garden structures and ornaments.
Evening Lecture, 2 October 2000
LOUIS XIV, ROI BÂTISSEUR.
Sotheby’s France, Paris
Exhibition, 26 March to 17 April 1999
GARTENLUST. Kunsthandel Dr. Martin Moeller, Hamburg, Germany
European garden architecture and ornaments. Review: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 3 April 1999 (illus.).
Seminar and Lecture, 17 & 18 October 1998
VERSAILLES, TRIANON, MARLY.
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
An all-day seminar on the architecture commanded by King Louis XIV, and a lecture on watercolor technique given the following day.
Exhibition, 10 September to 18 October 1997
THE PLEASURE OF BUILDING. Didier Aaron, Inc., New York
The châteaux and garden structures built for Louis XIV. Patron: Charles Ryskamp, Director, The Frick Collection. Reviews: NY Times (illus.), The New Yorker (twice, illus.), Tableau (illus.).
Lecture, 21 November 1996
LA FOLIE DE BÂTIR.
The Société des Amis de Versailles, Château de Versailles
Exhibition, 7 to 20 December 1995
ANIMALS IN ORNAMENT. Folly, New York
Exhibition to benefit the Animal Medical Center.
Commission, 1995-1996
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. Princeton, New Jersey
Aerial perspective of the Princeton campus, with individual views of recent buildings, to celebrate the University's 250th anniversary.
Exhibition, 12 to 27 October 1995
LA FOLIE DE BÂTIR. Galerie de Bayser, Paris
French garden follies and pavilions. Patron: Baronne Elie de Rothschild. Review: Connaissance des Arts (illus.).
Exhibition, 11 to 29 January 1994
LOST SPLENDOR. Didier Aaron, Inc., New York
French garden pavilions. Patrons: Charles Ryskamp, Director, The Frick Collection, and André Baeyens, French Consul General. Reviews: NY Times (illus.), The New Yorker.
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