Paul Arzens | |
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 Paul Arzens in his "L'Œuf électrique" in front of the Eiffel tower, 1942 | |
| Born | 28 August 1903 |
| Died | 2 February 1990 (aged 86) |
| Citizenship | France |
| Occupation | Industrial 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 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.