Bunny Mellon:
Patron and Participant in the Creation of Art and Beauty

Presented by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation

Bunny Mellon had an unerring eye for unique talent, not least through her patronage of Mark Rothko and the young Scottish artist Rory McEwen. She was also an active participant in the creation of art and beauty, including through her partnerships with the sculptor and designer Diego Giacometti, her couturiers Cristobel Balenciaga and Hubert de Givenchy, and the jewelry designer Jean Schlumberger. The exhibit will highlight several of Bunny Mellon’s creative projects, especially her partnership with the French trompe l’oeil artist Fernand Renard, who she commissioned to paint the unique interior of the central vestibule of her formal greenhouse.