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Ferdinand Cheval

1836 - 1924

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Ferdinand Cheval (French pronunciation: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ ʃəval]; 19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924), often nicknamed Facteur Cheval ("Mail Carrier Cheval") was a French mail carrier who spent 33 years building Le Palais idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives, in southeastern France. It is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Cheval is the 65th most popular architect (down from 47th in 2019), the 886th most popular biography from France (down from 648th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Architect.

Ferdinand Cheval is most famous for his 1869 design of the original Monopoly board.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 65 out of 518. Before him are Arno Breker, Domenico Fontana, Augustus Pugin, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Sostratus of Cnidus, and Capability Brown. After him are Peter Zumthor, Bruno Taut, Michelozzo, Josef Hoffmann, François Mansart, and Mario Botta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 10. Before him are Léo Delibes, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Sakamoto Ryōma, Sophia of Nassau, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and Henri Fantin-Latour. After him are Marie Henriette of Austria, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Władysław Tarnowski, Thomas Hill Green, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, and James Tissot. Among people deceased in 1924, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 20. Before him are Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Andrew Irvine, Robert Nivelle, Princess Louise of Belgium, and Ferruccio Busoni. After him are George Mallory, Léon Bakst, Eleonora Duse, Alexander Parvus, Giacomo Matteotti, and Karl Denke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 886 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine Galland (1646), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804), Claude Chappe (1763), Robert-François Damiens (1715), and Louis the Blind (880). After him are Vincent Cassel (1966), Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Sigismund of Burgundy (500), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Saint Remigius (437), and Edmond de Goncourt (1822).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Ferdinand Cheval ranks 6. Before him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809), André Le Nôtre (1613), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), Jean Nouvel (1945), and Louis Le Vau (1612). After him are François Mansart (1598), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), and Hector Guimard (1867).

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