Architect: René-André Coulon
Les Fêtes de Nuit (1937)
30 May 2022
Les Fêtes de Nuit (1937)30 May 2022
This is the best concise account of the technical sophistication behind the light and water installations created along and beside the Seine, for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937). We have added a group of gouache drawings by the architect René-André Coulon, made in the design phase for… Read More
Behind the Lines 14
3 February 2020
Behind the Lines 143 February 2020
– Philippa Lewis
These are just insignificant sketches, but they remind me of the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques in 1937; by night it was a unique experience – mémorable. You see, one theme of the exposition was light and water: an expression of what could be achieved with the power of modern electricity,… Read More
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