Gustave Malbert
Gustave Malbert (Maubeuge, August 5th, 1880 - Dieppe, September 22nd, 1938) was a Architecte French.
His/her father was originator of machines for the spinning mills of the North of France. He studies the Art schools with Lille, then becomes the pupil of the Belgian architect Victor Horta. Deeply marked by the Art nouveau, it carries out various particular houses, in particular on the coast Norman, where its exubérance is seen attached by the conformism of its silent partners.
In 1916, it meets the philanthropist Ferdinand de Sastres who places to him order of a private mansion located at the 17 (a) of the street Cardinet to Paris, in the XVII {{E}} district. This building, quickly called the Mausoleum , will be its single chief of work. Started work on January 5th, 1917 will finish in large pump on August 18th, 1918. The building - which will be destroyed in 1969 and of which there remains only of very rare photographic documents -, wanted to be extravagant. Attempt absurdity to make cohabit all the styles and all the times, the Mausoleum of Sastres was also the cave of the Surréalisme. One often compared it by his expansion with the house of the Facteur Horse.
After this realization, Malbert will be satisfied with minor constructions and will die of Tuberculose to the Sanatorium of Dieppe, on September 22nd, 1938.