European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I / Iii t Irr sprig it Home. He resumed to the same area the follow my  and discovered More stones late to Ileal i imagination. To was thrilled he said to himself ii nature delivers such great s Ulp Tures i will be her worker and  he began collecting stones on his daily route wandering far of the beaten path to explore new areas and adding Many More Miles to ins Dails routine he needed baskets to carry a Day s discoveries Home later he needed a wheelbarrow soon the Garden behind he Cheval farmhouse began to look like a f Harry. The neighbors started to talk watching him and lapping on their foreheads what a nut. Hes said to each other. But lies Al did t seem dangerous ant Thev did t Call Lor the Dot Lor i hey Lei him be. Lor it years irom 1k7r to 1912. Or Al lived and worked Lor Only one goal his /  Lii in. 1 he  e seas not mean to House people its one purpose seas to be such an enormous fast  piece of Art that Cheval would gain lasting lame. The result so Alhout doubt is incredible a magical Palace a Stork of strange imagination an eci ent Tii Kempte Lor foreign gods Cox ered Vilh a in triad of Floral Anil animal forms Antl other ornamentation and with an assortment of bizarre inscriptions within the Palace Are miniature models of buildings i ailed the soviss chalet the algerian House the while i Louse and the medics Al Castle it is a Lahs i Inch of tunnels staircases tossers and t columns. Terrat is and sculptures built of Cement plaster and stones by a Man who was neither an awhile cd nor a construe lion expert. Cheval Hail Only his enormous still Antl Energy to see his project i i Hough. Truly he worked like a horse. When the Palace was completed a massive Struc lure. 100 feel Long 40 feet deep. To feet High Cheval himself declared it a  he was extreme la proud of his work in shit h he had invested some 11.000 hours of labor. In i Kojl the Trench declared the palate a National Monument. Shall in remains relatively in Knosen Cheval s strange Palace Musl have Insp real other artists. Tor some of its forms can be found in surrealistic works of Art and in Barcelona s famous Ahcin a  f Amilia designed by Art Nouveau Archiie i Antonio Gautuli. Only one Parl of Cheval s dream lit in. Come True f be hoped to be buried alongside his set Ontl Sale i Wilomene in a t Hamber of the Palace but the lot Al Huriam rat s refused to allow it. Lies a did t Gist up instead he set to Swoik again in one Turner of the Village graveyard Hel built a grand Tomb where he eventually seas buried. I he project t look 10 years he completed his final resting plat e isso years before his death at the age of pm Hau Lemes and the / ,1/a/s in Eil Are on route is if Southeast of Vienne. Six Miles from the Iommi of Beaute we Thelson Marseille highs As is mils in Miles West re arc giant figures stand along one scam Cal Ferdinand Choi a look 10 Yean to build this Tom. The postman s Palace May 11, 1989 it Ipei Magazine 13