The daughter of Lady Eveleen Pounden and painter James Maclaren Smith, Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith was born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland, in 1878. The family changed their name to Gray in 1893, after her mother inherited a peerage from an uncle in Scotland and claimed her title, Baroness Gray. Gray studied drawing at the Slade School of Fine Arts in London and the Ecole Colarossi and Académie Julian in Paris. > NEXT

Biography born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland.   1878   enrolled in Slade School of Fine Arts and studied Asian lacquer techniques in London.   1901   studied drawing at Ecole Colarossi and Académie Julian, Paris.   1902   opened weaving and lacquer workshops and participated in decorative arts exhibitions in Paris.   1910   opened decorating shop, Jean Désert (to 1930).   1922   collaborated with Jean Badovici on several house renovations in Vézelay.   1926-32   special issue of L'Architecture Vivante devoted to E.1027, the house she designed for and with Badovici in Roquebrune-Cap Martin.   1929   leaving E.1027 to Badovici, she resided in Menton while construction of her second house, Tempe à Pailla, was underway (1932-34).   1932   began construction of her third house, Lou Pérou, outside Saint-Tropez (completed 1961).   1954   Hdied in Paris.   1976