Paris Metropolitain
by Elena Nosyreva
Title
Paris Metropolitain
Artist
Elena Nosyreva
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The beauty of Paris often resides in the most everyday objects, such as the swirling ornate entrances to Metro stations. Foreigners have sometimes grasped this truth more readily than Parisians. The New York Modern Art Museum bought the disused wrought-iron railings from a Metro entrance 40 years ago and displays them as a pioneering and beautiful example of art nouveau.
An estimated 180 station entrances were constructed of wrought iron to the designs of the architect, Hector Guimard, starting with the first Metro line in 1899. Of these, only 86 remain.
The Paris transport authority, the RATP, has finally recognized it has an extraordinary artistic heritage in its care. The remaining art nouveau entrances to Paris Metro stations are to be dismantled and lovingly restored, at a cost of pounds 1.4 m, over two years and rebuilt on their original sites.
(c) All copyrights reserved by Elena Nosyreva.
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July 7th, 2016
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