Madeleine Castaing
1894 – 1992
Madeleine Castaing was a French interior designer and antiques dealer of international renown.
Pair of side tables
by Madeleine Castaing – France
Image by Ludovic Vandenweghe for Unforget.eu
She was a creator of great originality.
Over the years, she developed a very personal vision of decoration. We now call it the « Castaing style »
Madeleine owned the largest private collection of Soutine paintings; she and her husband possessed 43 canvasses of the artist.
The artist painted Madeleine’s portrait in 1928 and named it « La Petite Madeleine des décorateurs ».
During the Second World War, Madeleine opened her own antique gallery in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
“I make houses as others write poems”