Visit of the temporary exhibition "Raymond Marabout, an art deco architect in Mantes-la-Jolie"
Second part of the cycle of exhibitions devoted to the architecture of the city, the exhibition Raymond Marabout, an Art Deco architect in Mantes-la-Jolie traces the life and career of this architect and his role for Mantes-la-Jolie and the architecture of thetwo wars on a regional scale. A true pillar of the artistic and political life of the interwar period, Raymond Marabout (1886-1957) was appointed head of the works, roads and water department of Mantes in 1922 and remained in the service of the city for thirty years. In addition to his construction work on communal buildings, he spent his life housing the Mantais, working to resolve the housing crisis, hand in hand with Auguste Goust, mayor of Mantes from 1908 to 1947. The exhibition aims to trace the life and career of this architect through 80 plans and archival documents highlighting some issues specific to his time: social housing, school architecture, the Decorative Art style.