HALL OF FAME: MAD AMDAME TUSSAUD
MADAME TUSSAUD 'S WAX MUSEUM starts with the story of Mary Grosholts born in Strasbourg,,, France in, 1761. Mary 's mother went to work as a housekeeper for a Dr. Curtius who was, a physician in Switzerland. The. Doctor was skilled in, wax modeling which he used to illustrate anatomy. Curtis taught Mary the art of making models from. Wax, In 1765.Curtis moved to Paris and set up a display of his wax figures. The first exhibition of Curtius' s works was shown, in 1770 and. It attractad a lot of people.
Mary and her mother eventually joined Curtis in Paris. Mary showed great in, wax modeling. And she created her first, wax figure of Jean - Jacques Rousseau a famous, French writer, and philosopher in 1778.Other famous persons she modeled at that time included Voltaire another writer, French, Benjamin, and Franklin the American. Statesman and inventor. From 1780 to the time of the French revolution, in 1789 Mary taught art to the sister of King Louis. XVI. Mary was on good terms with both royalty and leaders of the French revolution.She met some important revolutionary figures including Napoleon and Robespierre.
During the reign of Terror (1793-94),. At the time of the French revolution Mary was, arrested on suspicion of royalist sympathy and sentenced to death on the. Guillotine. Even though her hair had already been shaved off in preparation for her execution Mary was, saved.She was then employed to make death masks of the victims of the guillotine some of, whom were personal friends, of hers. Such as Queen Marie Antoinette and Robespierre.
Mary had the horrible job of digging through piles of bodies in order to. Find the decapitated heads. Later she organized an exhibition of this work. When Dr. Curios died, in 1794 he left his collection. Of works to Mary.
.Mary married Francois, engineer Tussaud an, had and two children. Eventually she moved with had children to England. There. As Marie Tussaud she traveled around the country for thirty years presenting her exhibition of wax figures. Her work attracted. Attention wherever she went and she, became world famous. In 1835 she settled, permanently, in LondonAnd she established het exhibition of wax figures. Her work attracted attention wherever she went and she, became world. Famous. One of the main attractions was a display of lifelike figures of murderers and other criminals.
Madame Tussaud s. ' Museum became one of the most popular tourist destinations in London. It has expanded with branches in Amsterdam Hong Kong,,, Las Vegas and New, York.The museums continue to delight visitors with wax figures of modern celebrities and personalities from the past. The wax. Models are so authentic-looking that it is not unusual to see visitor 's apologizing for bumping into statues.
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