Gustave Eiffel was born into a wealthy family, in 1832. He was admitted in 1852 at the Central School of Arts and Manufactures of Paris, in parallel with the Polytechnic he frequented. He graduated in chemical engineering.
In 1856, engineers met Charles Nepveu contractor specializing in metal construction. That moment sealed his future and promised great things. His first success came into being, including the bridge of Bordeaux in 1858.
He went into the design of bridges, including Maria Pia Portugal or Long Bien Vietnam. One of his most famous bridges, the viaduct Garabit (1884) on the last note of two hundred euros …
But the man was best known for the creation of the Eiffel Tower, between 1887 and 1889. She allowed him worldwide recognition. The artist’s life was punctuated by projects and achievements, bridges, towers, passing even by aviation …
Shows that exposure?
The tour starts with the mezzanine. One discovers very great works of art that made his fame and drawings and plans of portable steel bridges.
There are lesser-known works with the observer of Nice and the structure of the Statue of Liberty. In the basement, posters presenting contradictory projects of the Eiffel Tower furrow walls. Multiple artists are exposed to the Universal Exhibition of 1886. The drawings show the progression in the cielde the Eiffel Tower, symbol of Paris.
The curator of the exhibition seeks to rediscover and feel differently throes of this monument is a touch of poetry that comes over us when we cross the artistic side.
Indeed, magnificent paintings of Raoul Dufy and Fernand Léger twinkle, led by La Tour Eiffel Delaunay 300mde height emerging from this realization cubist. The thirty-six views, lithograph by Henri Riviere plays with our eyes by magnifying the emblem as present, absent and simple to make.
Gustave Eiffel was a man intimate, discreet, has preserved his soul and his family throughout his career. His love for science led him to endless possibilities, the wind being his best enemy, the extent and height of his talent.
