Paul Arzens

Paul Arzens
Paul Arzens in his "L'Œuf électrique" in front of the Eiffel tower, 1942
Born(1903-08-28)28 August 1903
Died2 February 1990(1990-02-02) (aged 86)
CitizenshipFrance
OccupationIndustrial designer

Paul Arzens (28 August 1903 – 2 February 1990) was a French industrial designer of railway locomotives and motor cars.

Arzens was born in Paris, at an address along the Boulevard des Batignolles [fr] on the northern side of the city.[1] As a young man he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and soon gained recognition as a talented artist able at this stage, unusually, to live reasonably well on the sales proceeds from his paintings.[1] This gave him enough time to pursue other interests in the realms of engineering and design. As his life progressed he accumulated a large collection of his own paintings and gained a reputation for an acute reluctance to sell any.

  1. ^ a b "Automobilia". Toutes les voitures françaises 1940 - 46 (Les années sans salon). 26. Paris: Histoire & collections: 52. 2003.