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Ferdinand Cheval (1836–1924) was a postman in Hauterives, in the Rhône-Alpes of France, who over a thirty-three-year period built a still-extant Palais Idéal in a bizarre, eclectic style using materials gathered on his postal rounds.
15 de jun. de 2012 · Produced by: Samuel Caron. Inspired by a true story, Invincible recounts the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom. ‘The postman Cheval’ was created in 1932 by Max Ernst in Dada style.
The Postman Cheval is a symbolic collage on paper created by Max Ernst during his First French period in the Dada movement. The artwork references Ferdinand Cheval, a French postman who spent thirty-three years building a palace known as Palais Ideal with stones and natural objects he collected during his postal rounds.
Postman Cheval's limitless imagination gave life to an incredible and mysterious fauna inhabiting the Ideal Palace.
Of course, Postman Cheval began his round at the Hauterives post office. On the building, you can still see the shadow of the letters, PTT. Beside it, you can find the new post office.
Villa Alicius. A beautiful home built in Dauphiné style, Ferdinand Cheval began building this house next to his Palace in 1896. Named Villa Alicius, in tribute to his daughter Alice, who died...
30 de jun. de 2017 · Postman Ferdinand Cheval led an uneventful life in rural France. But according to his memoir, that would change drastically, one day in 1879, when he tripped on a rock while walking his mail route. Struck by the stone’s “bizarre and yet picturesque shape,” he pocketed it and vowed to collect more.
