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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was born in France, in the Côte-d'Or, the first child of Catherine-Mélanie (née Moneuse) and Alexandre Bonickhausen dit Eiffel. [6] He was a descendant of Marguerite Frédérique (née Lideriz) and Jean-René Bönickhausen, who had emigrated from the German town of Marmagen and settled in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century. [7]
Born in Paris, Lachaise was the son of Marie Barré (1856–1940), herself the daughter of a sculptor and Jean Lachaise (1848–1901), a cabinetmaker who designed furniture for the private apartment of Gustave Eiffel in the Eiffel Tower, among other commissions. [1]
In 1922 he married a grand daughter of Gustave Eiffel, and was thereafter commissioned for arranging a succession of displays and illuminations involving the Eiffel Tower, most notably for the 1937 Paris EXPO. [1]
Eiffel is a 2021 French romantic drama film directed by Martin Bourboulon, from a script written by Caroline Bongrand. The film stars Romain Duris as Gustave Eiffel and follows a fictionalized romance between Eiffel and Adrienne Bourgès, his childhood sweetheart, played by Emma Mackey. It also stars Pierre Deladonchamps in a supporting role.
He was an engineer who worked closely together with Gustave Eiffel. He was an officer in the Legion of Honour. He was an officer in the Legion of Honour. One of his descendants is Kalki Koechlin , an award-winning French actress based in India.
The 95-foot-wide, 43-foot-high rings create a “strong imbalance” and “substantially modify the very pure forms of the monument as designed by Gustave Eiffel and his teams more than 135 years ...
Though named after a project of Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower – symbol of Paris – has its structural concept and form from the responsible chief engineer Maurice Koechlin. Koechlin was an engineer of outstanding ingenuity and well versed in the structural techniques of his time.
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (/ b ɑːr ˈ t ɒ l d i,-ˈ θ ɒ l-/ bar-T(H)OL-dee, [1] [2] French: [fʁedeʁik oɡyst baʁtɔldi]; 2 August 1834 – 4 October 1904) was a French sculptor and painter.