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- At the end of the 19th century (from 1879-1912), the local postman - Ferdinand Cheval - spent his spare time very industriously and slowly built a remarkable building, mostly using stones and pebbles that he collected during his deliveries, now known as the Palais Ideal.
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In 1958, Ado Kyrou produced Le Palais idéal, a short film about Cheval's palace. After admiring Cheval's work, Picasso created a series of drawings telling a narrative, in a cartoon fashion, which is now recognized as Facteur Cheval sketchbook in 1937.
Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman who, inspired by a dream, spent 35 years building the "Palais Ideal", a unique and whimsical palace considered one of France's cultural landmarks and a prime example of naive art architecture.
After finishing his dream palace at the age of 77 and after 33 years of hard work, Cheval had enough courage to build his tomb in the communal cemetery (1km from the village). It took him eight years to complete this new work of particularly original beauty.
Three staircases lead to the Terrace, where Ferdinand Cheval placed his “stumbling block”, the first stone on which he tripped and which inspired him to create his ideal Palace. At the top of the Palace, between prickly pear trees and aloes, stands the Barbary Tower.
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The Palais Ideal du Facteur Cheval(the Ideal Palace of Postman Cheval) in Hauterives, France is an amazing testimony to determination and creativity. This is the story of the French postman who built himself a palace from pebbles. Are you or your children destined to be great? What defines greatness in today’s society? This is hotly debated and opi...
Ferdinand Cheval (19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924) was a French postman who spent thirty-three years of his life building Le Palais Ideal(the “Ideal Palace”) in the French village of Hauterives from pebbles. That’s right, whole buildings built from only pebbles. The Palace is regarded as an extraordinary example of naive art architecture and the sto...
For the next thirty-three years, Cheval picked up stones during his daily mail round and carried them home to build the Palais Ideal. He spent the first twenty years building the outer walls. At first, he carried the stones in his pockets, then switched to a basket. Eventually, he used a wheelbarrow. He often worked at night, by the light of an oil...
Cheval wanted to be buried in his palace but because that is illegal in France, he spent eight more years building a mausoleum for himself in the Hauterives cemetery. He died on 19 August 1924, about a year after he had finished building it, and is buried there.
Ferdinand Cheval received acclamation and recognition in his lifetime from Andre Breton and Pablo Picasso; Anas Nin commemorated his work in an essay in 1932; German artist Max Ernst created a collage titled The Postman Cheval; and Ado Kyrou produced Le Palais Ideal, a short film about Cheval’s palace. What an amazing achievement for a postman who ...
Are you encouraging your children to be passionate about what they enjoy and to share it with others? Are you following your dream? Even the mundane can be magnificent as Ferdinand Cheval has shown. Be inspired by the ‘Postman Who Collected Pebbles’…
In the following narrative, M.Cheval gives an account of how he came to conceive and build his "Dream Palace", a remarkable instance of human tenacity and perseverance. Old Photo (c 1900)...
Jul 2, 2009 · As the story is told, Cheval tripped on a rock in 1879 along his mail route, picked it up and was so fascinated by its peculiar shape that he was inspired to build the imaginative palace.
