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The Louis Vuitton Foundation (French: Fondation d'entreprise Louis-Vuitton), previously Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation (Fondation Louis-Vuitton pour la création), is a French art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries.
In 2006 Pagé was appointed as the artistic director of Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation. [4] The Foundation will exhibit artworks from the LVMH collection alongside contemporary temporary exhibitions. [4] The Foundation is located in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris and was designed by the architect Frank Gehry. [5]
The Louis Vuitton label was founded by Vuitton in 1854 on Rue Neuve des Capucines in Paris. [21] Louis Vuitton had observed that the HJ Cave Osilite [22] trunk could be easily stacked. In 1858, Vuitton introduced his flat-topped trunks with Trianon canvas, making them lightweight and airtight. [21]
In addition, LVMH foundation created the "young creators LVMH award", an international competition opened to French and international beaux-arts students. [99] Each year, six grants are allocated to the winners. In 2014, LVMH opened the Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Creation in a new building designed by Frank Gehry in the Bois de Boulogne in ...
Louis Vuitton (French: [lwi vɥitɔ̃] ⓘ; 4 August 1821 – 27 February 1892) [1] was a French fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH. Prior to this, he had been appointed as trunk-maker to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. [2]
[89] [90] In 2006, Arnault started the building project of the Louis Vuitton Foundation. Dedicated to the creation and contemporary art, the building was designed by the architect Frank Gehry. [91] The Foundation's grand opening at the Jardin d'Acclimatation Paris was held on 20 October 2014. [92]
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Georges Ferréol Vuitton (13 July 1857 – 26 October 1936) was the only child of Louis Vuitton (1821–1892; French designer and trunk maker for Empress Eugénie de Montijo [1] [2]) and Clemence-Emilie Vuitton, [3] who succeeded his father as head of the Louis Vuitton brand, which is now a brand under the umbrella of the parent company LVMH ...