| The Life and Works of Robert Denning | ||
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Robert Denning was born on March 13, 1927 and died on August 26,2005. Little did he know that he would become a famous intierior designer one day |
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As a kid he had interests in body and health both of which his mother gave him the idea. As a teen he was a decorater who was inspired and tried to imitate Syrie Morgham. |
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In 1960 he and Vincent Fourcade opened up a firm called Denning & Fourcade |
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| The Firm was an immedeate success whose clients were from the high class of society | His customers included Tom Hanks, Jean Vanderbilt, Henry Kravis were some of the firms first customers. | The firm took off from its start and became one of the most well-known decorater firms in the US |
| After the tragedy of Vincent Fourcade dying from AIDS in 1992, Denning 'reinvented' himself as he said in his own words | He is was listed on AD100, which makes him one of the top 100 decoraters rated by Architectual Digest for many years | Robert Denning gave money to charity throughout his life to Friends in Deed, a counseling organization for people with AIDS and cancer |
| He lived in Paris until the last ten years of his life with a friend that he met when he was fifteen, Edgar de Evia. | After losing interest in his life in Paris he moved to New York City and died in his apartment in the Big Apple |  |
| This is Robert Denning in New York City in 2003 | ||
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| This is Robert Denning infront of a portrait of his partner Vincent Fourcade | This is the lobby of the Lombardy Hotel which was designed by Robert Denning | |