Vicente Wolf

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Vicente Wolf
Born
Vicente E. Wolf

(1945-01-19) January 19, 1945 (age 79)
Cuba
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Interior designer, photography collector
EmployerVicente Wolf Associates

Vicente E. Wolf (born January 19, 1945) [1] is a Cuban-born American interior designer based in Manhattan. He is the head of Vicente Wolf Associates. He has designed hotels, private residences, and furniture.

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Early life and education

Vicente Wolf was born in Cuba and lived there until he was fifteen years old. [2] [3] He did not graduate from high school. [3] He moved to New York City at the age of eighteen. [2] [3] He first worked in advertising, modeling, and acting. [3] Shortly after, he decided to take up interior designing; he is self-taught. [4] His influences include Philippe Starck and Karl Lagerfeld. [4]

Career

Wolf started his career as an interior designer in New York City in the 1970s. [5] He is a proponent of minimalism, especially High-tech. [5] [6] Indeed, Architectural Digest has called him "an undisputed minimalist master." [5] However, he rejects the label 'minimalism.' [7]

He has designed hotels such as Lorien Hotel & Spa in Alexandria, Virginia and the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. [8] [9] He has also designed Café Rodeo in Beverly Hills, the Bedell Cellars Winery in North Fork, the L'Impero and Alto restaurants in New York City, and the LS Store in Hong Kong. [8] He has also designed private residences, including the penthouses at Manhattan House, a building at 200 east 66th street in Manhattan. [10] [11]

He owns an interior design store, VW Home, in Manhattan. [7] [12] Moreover, since 2007, he has designed furniture for Ralph Pucci, known as the Vicente Wolf Collection. [13] He is also a designer for Ann Sachs, Baccarat and Tufenkian. [2] [10] [14]

He has written five books on interior design and one on the legendary Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. Additionally, he has taught at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and a design school in the Dominican Republic. [2] [3] He is the 2009 recipient of the Design Icon Award. [15]

Personal life

He resides in a loft in Manhattan. [16] [17] [18] A photography collector, he owns Frida Kahlo's family albums. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ United States Public Records, 1970-2009
  2. 1 2 3 4 Andrew Stone, Ten Questions With...Vicente Wolf, Interior Design , September 12, 2013
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Decorator Series: Vicente Wolf, New York Social Diary
  4. 1 2 Photo Gallery: Vicente Wolf's Decorating Style,House & Home
  5. 1 2 3 Dan Shaw, No Boundaries, Architectural Digest, July 2012
  6. ↑ Ingrid Abramovitch, High Season: Ralph Pucci’s Beach House Decorated by Vicente Wolf, Elle Decor
  7. 1 2 Lindsey Mather, A Case of Wanderlust: Five Questions for Vicente Wolf, marthastewart.com, April 18, 2014
  8. 1 2 Lorient Hotel & Spa
  9. ↑ Love Beverly Hills: Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel
  10. 1 2 Manhattan House: Vicente Wolf
  11. ↑ Chris Pomorski, First Vicente Wolf Penthouses at Manhattan House Hit the Market; Do We Hear $12.5 M., The New York Observer , May 13, 2014
  12. ↑ Blue Carreon, A Conversation With Decorator Vicente Wolf, The Huffington Post , 10/11/2012
  13. ↑ Ralph Pucci: Vicente Wolf Collection
  14. ↑ Baccarat: Vicente Wolf
  15. ↑ Heath E. Combs, Vicente Wolf to be Las Vegas Market's Design Icon, Furniture Today , July 8, 2009
  16. ↑ Well-Lived: Manhattan Loft, Veranda
  17. ↑ Rooms We Love: Vicente Wolf’s Manhattan Living Room, Rue, 10.08.13
  18. ↑ HOUSE TOUR: Inside Vicente Wolf's Serene NYC Loft , retrieved 2023-04-29
  19. ↑ Meet the Collector: Vicente Wolf, Musee Magazine, March 16, 2012
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