The Blue House, or Maison Bleue, is a unique concrete structure in Dives-sur-Mer, France. Constructed by Euclides Ferrera da Costa between 1957 and 1977, it stands as an exceptional testimony to Art Brut in Normandy. Born in Portugal, da Costa became a French citizen in 1947, purchased 300 m² plot near a railway and the Tréfimétaux factory in 1950. He built the house while receiving a disability pension due to tuberculosis, which he finally conquered.
The first element of the complex is a monument dedicated to Laika, the space dog, created in 1957. The Petit Moulin and the Tour Eiffel were created in 1961. The Grand Moulin was built in the early 1970s. The Maison Bleue site was selected for Mission Bern in 2019. Despite its fragile nature, it requires conservation work. As da Costa himself said, the Maison Bleue is ‘naïvely charged with a religious, faithful, and imaginary universe. The Maison Bleue is a house like no other.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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