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Title	Picassiette
Creator.Persons	Isidore, Raymond, 1900-1964
Notes	Built 1962. Project Description: Isidore built his house, courtyard, chapel and tomb out of concrete and encrusted every surface with dense mosaics made of pottery shards and other found objects. His designs have personal, religious and regional significance. Picassiette is an elaborate example of spontaneous construction or fantastic art made by an artist who, although unschooled, demonstrated considerable genius. In this case, the artist was Raymond Isidore, a man who worked as a moulder in a foundry, as a roadmender for Chartres and finally as the caretaker of the Cemetery of Saint Cheron in Chartres. The townspeople, who ridiculed him for his eccentric project, nicknamed him Picassiette which means both plate stealer and the Picasso of plates.In spite of this initial skepticism, Isidore's work was recognized as significant in his later years. Isidore said that he followed his own spirit in the creation of this complex of buildings and gardens encrusted with mosaics. He built his houses, gardens and tombs out of concrete which he inlaid with bits of glass and pottery shards. Paintings and mosaics of religious scenes, flowers, the local landscape, his own life and Chartres Cathedral enliven every surface. Issuer transformed his living space into a magnificent personal tapestry of mosaics, gardens, and paintings. Project History: The project began in 1930 when Isidore built a simple house for himself and his family. A few years later, bits of broken glass and pottery that he had sorted and piled in his garden inspired him to make a mosaic to decorate his house. Isidore began with the interior in 1938 and the project grew. Over the next 25 years, he assembled mosaics and painted murals on the ceilings, walls furniture and exterior of his house. He inlaid the surfaces of his courtyard, garden and garden furniture as well. Between 1953 and 1956, he built a chapel, the black courtyard and tomb, and a summerhouse. In 1956, he purchased an adjacent piece property. He built an enclosing wall and gardens, decorated a second courtyard, and built a garden porch for the summerhouse. His final project was The Spirit's Tomb (the blue tomb), which he completed in 1962. In 1981, the town of Chartres acquired Isidore's house. It is cared for by the town of Chartres and open to the public. The site is still known as Picassiette, the townspeople's nickname for Isidore. Project Location: 22, rue du Repos, Chartres, France
Description	Detail of vase of inlaid flowers
Subject.Persons	Isidore, Raymond, 1900-1964
Subject.Entities	Maison Picassiette (Chartres, France)
Subject	Eccentrics and eccentricities Gardens Mosaics Landscape architecture Grotesque in architecture Grotesque in art
Location	France -- Chartres
Title.Series	Eccentric Gardens
Collection Title	Landscape Architecture
Publisher.Location	Seattle, WA
Publisher	Art on FIle
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/archt_copyright.html
Collection information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193
Full resolution	Volume1\EG-01-12-04.jpg http://0-contentdm.unl.edu.library.unl.edu/fullres/Landscape_architecture/Volume1\EG-01-12-04.jpg

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