Mark Schwartz began his career in New York City in the early 1980’s where he was hand picked by legendary French shoe designer Roger Vivier to assist him in shoe design. Vivier was so impressed with Mark’s ability to design and sketch that he called his friend Andy Warhol to visit Schwartz one day and soon Warhol took to Schwartz’s whimsical approach to shoes and for the last 3 years of his life he tutored Schwartz and mentored him , both Schwartz and Warhol painted shoes on a monthly basis exchanging ideas which eventually became the style that you see today in Mark’s work. After Warhol’s death Schwartz went on to live and work in Paris and Milan , designing for such houses as Chanel, Lacroix, Hermes, Balenciaga, Gucci and Prada to name a few. Upon his return to New York ( 1995 ) Schwartz opened his own boutique debuting his own shoe line Mark Schwartz in the SOHO district of NYC. Schwartz then displayed the paintings he did with Warhol on the walls of his shop and found out that they soon started to sell as well if not more than his physical shoes . ( Thank you Andy! ) Schwartz has gone on to define the shoe as an art form ( High Heeled Art- Artistic Renderings of Shoes ).

We must be in the same wavelength. I just made an illustrations called “everything is better with scallops”
 He is amazing!!!! Visit his blog http://www.highheeledart.blogspot.com/ to purchase his art.
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  1. Champagne Macarons
    June 16, 2011 at 11:47 PM (13 years ago)

    I’m on the same wavelength.. I’m taking a Computer Art Studio class and I’m designing a beautiful stiletto shoe for my first design.
    xoxo, B