 Cheval's "Palais Idéal". The signs on the right read "Travail d'un seul homme" (Work of only one man) and "Défense de rien toucher" (It is prohibited to touch anything) Ferdinand Cheval, who was born in 1836 and died on 19th August, 1924, was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an "Ideal Palace" (French Palais idéal) which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1549x993, 443 KB) Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval - Vue globale de la façade Est Hauterives, Drôme File links The following pages link to this file: Ferdinand Cheval Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital...
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Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
(Redirected from 19th August) August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Example of Henri Rousseaus work: The Repast of the Lion, circa 1907 Naïve art is created by untrained artists. ...
Origins
Ferdinand Cheval lived in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, in the Drôme département of France. He had left school at the age of 13 to become a baker's apprentice but eventually became a postman. Châteauneuf-de-Galaure is a commune in France located in Drôme, near Hauterives (hometown of the mailman Cheval and his palace). ...
Drôme is a département in southeastern France named after the Drôme River. ...
The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ...
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Palais idéal Cheval began the building in April 1879. He claimed that he had tripped on a stone and was inspired by its shape. He returned to the same spot the next day and started collecting stones. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
For the next 33 years, during his daily mail route, Cheval carried stones from his delivery rounds and at home used them to build his Palais idéal, the Ideal Palace. First he carried the stones in his pockets, then a basket and eventually a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night in the light of an oil lamp. Locals regarded him as a village idiot[citation needed]. Four styles of household basket. ...
A common wheelbarrow Older wheelbarrow Wheelbarrows on the Belomorkanal A wheelbarrow is a small one-wheeled, hand-propelled vehicle, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles to the rear. ...
Antique bronze oil lamp with Christian symbol (replica) An oil lamp is a device used for lighting or for preserving a flame that is fueled by animal, vegetable or mineral oil. ...
Cheval spent the first two decades building the outer walls. The Palace is a mix of different styles with inspirations from the Bible to Hindu mythology. Cheval bricked the stones together with wire, lime and cement. This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ...
Hindu mythology is a term used by modern scholarship for a large body of Indian literature that details the lives and times of legendary personalities, deities and divine incarnations on earth interspersed with often large sections of philosophical and ethical discourse. ...
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In the most general sense of the word, cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. ...
Burial Cheval also wanted to be buried in his palace. When French authorities forbade that, he proceeded to spend eight years building a mausoleum for himself in the cemetery of Hauterives. Cheval died on August 19, 1924, around a year after he had finished building it. is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Recognition Just prior to his death, Cheval began to receive some recognition from luminaries like André Breton and Pablo Picasso. André Breton André Breton (French IPA: ) (February 19, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist, and is best known as the main founder of surrealism. ...
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In 1969 André Malraux, the Minister of Culture, declared the Palace as a cultural landmark and had it officially protected. Cheval's palace is open every day except Christmas Day and New Year's Day. André Malraux, French author, adventurer, and statesman André Malraux (November 3, 1901 - November 23, 1976) was a French author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture during his lifetime. ...
The Minister of Culture and Communications is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic) in France and abroad; and managing the national archives and regional maisons de...
Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus, at the first Christmas Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ...
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Cheval may have been the inspiration for the character of Denny, in Chuck Palahniuk's 2001 novelChoke, who gathers a collection of stones which are eventually used, in similar fashion, to build his 'dream home'.
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Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution (1792 × 1200 pixel, file size: 489 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval - Temple hindou imaginaire sur la façade Ouest Hauterives, Drôme File historyClick on a date/time to view...
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Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution (1792 × 1200 pixel, file size: 486 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval - le chalet suisse, sur la façade Ouest Hauterives, Drôme File historyClick on a date/time to view...
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