La Maison d'Alfred Lombard is located at Boulogne-Billancourt, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, a few kilometers west of Paris.
Located at 2 rue Gambetta, on the edge of the city and south of the Bois de Boulogne, it is a private mansion with an artist's studio built in 1928. Also known as a "house cubist", the residence was designed by the architect Pierre Patout, a friend of the painter Alfred Lombard (1884-1973) with whom, also in the company of the decorator Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, they were asked by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to design and creating the interiors of several liners: the Ile-de-France, the Atlantique and later the Normandie, which will be considered a masterpiece of the Art Deco style of the interwar period.
The private mansion occupies a triangular plot of land but instead of evoking the bow of a ship, it is distinguished by its cut side which faces the Bois de Boulogne.
On the third and last floor was the painter's workshop, lit by a large 20 m² bay window. The place being accessible by a small staircase, the canvases were hoisted with pulleys.
With recesses on the facades but beautiful interior volumes, the house was recently restored according to the rules of the art and divided into several accommodations.
The electrical installation and insulation have been modernized, the bay has regained its steel frame and the roof terrace has also been renovated.
Listed in the Inventory, the house of the painter who started in Marseille before "going up" to Paris is still private property and is not open to the public.
Its exteriors can, however, mark out a walk dedicated to discovering the heritage of the city of Boulogne. Information on +33 1 41 41 54 54.
