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Axel Vervoordt established his family-run business in 1968 and guided the company towards its present position as an international leader in art, antiques and interior design. The Belgian- based organization includes a team of nearly 100 highly skilled designers, art historians, architects, restorers, craftspeople, project leaders and support staff with wide-ranging expertise in pursuit of the company’s vision to create balance and harmony in timeless living spaces.
The company’s multi-faceted services and endeavors include art and antiques, archaeology, interior design, furniture design with the Home Collection, modern and contemporary art through the Axel Vervoordt Gallery, property development through Vervoordt Real Estate, as well as participating in major biennials and international art fairs.
The work of the Axel Vervoordt Company expresses a philosophy of life that was central to the company’s origins and continues to guide all activities today. With a taste that spans continents and centuries, it is the company’s belief that all objects, regardless of their origin and value, are infused with a timeless, universal beauty and an intrinsic purity that preserves their contemporary relevance.
Axel Vervoordt continues to serve as éminence grise within the company as well as the President of the Vervoordt Foundation. Continuing the family-run traditions, his son Boris Vervoordt is the leader of company’s art and antiques, home collection and interior design operations. His son Dick Vervoordt is the leader of the company’s real estate operations.
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