Chairman, Vendome Press
Alexis Gregory was born in Switzerland of Russian
parents, was educated in the United States, graduating
in art history magna cum laude from Harvard University
in 1957. He is the founder and owner of The Vendome
Press, a book publishing house with a special
commitment to the fine arts, music, architecture
and culture in general. He was co-publisher of
the Journal of Art, serves as a member of Sotheby's
Advisory Board and is on the Visiting Committee
of Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
and the Fogg Museum. His private foundation is
devoted to the fine arts and music. He served
for three years as Chairman of the American Friends
of the Israel Museum.
He has written several books on travel and
the gilded age and has written for many magazines
including The Journal of Art, Art and Auction,
Vanity Fair, Condé-Nast Traveler, Travel
Holiday, Town and Country and Air France Madame.
His last books are The Golden Age of Travel,
Families of Fortune, and Paris de Luxe on the
Place Vendôme. His book on Venice is being
published this Spring.
Mr. Gregory has built a major collection of
Italian Renaissance bronzes, collects French
and Italian old master pictures of the 17th and
18th centuries as well as French 18th and 19th
century paintings. He is Chevalier of France's
highest civilian decoration, the Legion d'Honneur,
is an officer of France's Order of Arts and Letters
and a Cavalliere al'Merito della Reppublica Italiana.
The last decoration was given in recognition
of his services to the Italian publishing industry.
He founded the Vendome Prize in 2000, a European
piano competition described by Le Figaro as the
most prestigious in the world, supports several
particularly talented musicians and serves on
several boards of classical music institutions
in the U.S.A. and abroad.
He lives in New York City and Paris, and has a
winter home in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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