Mark Schwartz is the former creative director for Roger Vivier who over his 38 year career as a footwear designer has graced the top fashion runways of Milan, New York and Paris as well as front covers of magazines such as Vogue and Elle. It was Schwartz that convinced his mentor , the legendary Roger Vivier to introduce more colour into his designs and helping to increase the brand\u2019s ever growing popularity Over the years he has had the privilege of collaborating with fashion houses Gucci, Chanel, Balenciaga, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Charles Jourdan Hermes to name but a few, as well as creating bespoke footwear by request for celebrities including Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Madonna, Oprah, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, JLO and former first lady Hilary Clinton, plus many more.<\/p>\n
Schwartz was very well know within the New York art scene especially in the 80s where he was a permanent fixture within the glitterati circuit. He spending a lot of time with and managing things for his friend, boss and mentor Roger Vivier who introduced Schwartz to Andy Warhol, who also became a very close friend and mentor to him.<\/p>\n
Schwartz fondly recalls\u201d. It was a Tuesday afternoon in February 1984 that I met Andy (Warhol) who was friendly with Roger (Vivier) and had been told by him that he a young creative Director that he had groomed to run the American operation when he was overseas and so Andy had decided he wanted to meet me. I was sitting in my office above the boutique when the store manager called up saying Andy Warhol was here and had requested to meet me, My first reaction was, Who is Andy Warhol? I had seen him a few times around New York but it had never occurred to me that the famous artist this was the same Andy Warhol who was requesting to meet me. We sat in my office chatting for about 20 minutes until Warhol had to leave but he returned to see him again the following week, then every Tuesday at 2pm right until his premature passing in February 1987. We would sit and chat and sketch shoes together and soon became close friends with Warhol mentoring me and pushing me to pursue his love of drawing and sketching\u201d.<\/p>\n
Schwartz sold his first painting in 1993 which was of a red shoe and was hanging in his home but he was made an offer he couldn\u2019t refuse and agreed to sell the piece and continued selling his art from that day. Mark Schwartz\u2019s High Heeled Art is collected by celebrities, royalty and art fanatics all over the world and has been displayed in the Virtual Art museum in Amsterdam as well as in the Prada Boutique on Fifth Avenue and Christian Duvernois famous Facade Gallery on Madison Avenue, Manhattan, among other places. He is also often commissioned for private pieces and has had some of his work replicated on to fashion items such as scarves , bags and t-shirts as well as print in other forms.<\/p>\n","url":"http:\/\/www.highheeledart.com\/","url_text":"highheeledart.com","main_services":"United States, Tampa","image_1":"https:\/\/diib.com\/featuredmembers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/highheeledart2.jpg","client_review":"Great and quick service , very efficient and knowledgeable staff . Reasonable prices.","why_we":"","history":"","image_2":false,"image_3":false},"yoast_head":"\n