Christian Duvernois is a landscape designer practicing in both Europe and the U.S. and a noted lecturer on European classical gardens. His latest publication, “The last garden at Versailles: Marie-Antoinette at Trianon” was released by Rizzoli in the Fall 2008. A member of les Amis de Versailles and of the French Heritage Society, his work has been profiled in numerous publications including the New York Times, Art Forum, House and Garden and the International Herald Tribune.

In the 1980’s, he opened the gallery Facade in New York specializing in classical and contemporary architecture and landscaping, through paintings, sculpture, photographs and architectural drawings. Interventions by Christian Duvernois include the Hillwood Museum & Gardens in Washington D.C., the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, the High Museum of Atlanta and the Metropolitan Museum of New York, as well as many institutions such as The Friends of Vieilles Maisons Francaises, The French Heritage Society, The American Friends of Versailles and many Horticultural Societies around the country.